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The voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies, 1591-1603
Title
The voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies, 1591-1603.
Edition
New ed. with introd. and notes by Sir William Foster.
Published
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1940.
Physical Description
xl, 178 p. front. (port.) fold. plate, maps. 23 cm.
Notes
Title vignette (Lancaster's coat of arms)
Contains three narratives not included in the edition edited by Sir C. Markham and issued as no. 56 of the Hakluyt Society's publications, 1877; also omits the abstracts and other extra matter given in that edition.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ... 2d ser., no. 85
Contents
Preface.
Introduction,
Fuller titles of works cited (p. [xxxix]-xl).
The first voyage, 1591-94: Barker's narrative. May's narrative.
The second voyage, 1594-95: Hakluyt's account. Lancaster his allarums.
The third voyage, 1601-03: The account in Purchas. A true and large discourse. A letter containing the estate of the East Indian fleete.
Appendices: The company's commission and instructions for the third voyage. Lancaster's letter to Mr. Skinner. The grant of privileges by the King of Achin. Instructions left at Bantam by Lancaster. Lancaster's hints for a voyage to the East.
Index.
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