Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Pvrchas his Pilgrimes: in five bookes: the first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings ... and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world ...: the second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe: the third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ...: the fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies ...: the fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ...
Author: Samuel Purchas
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP02743301
CollectionID: CTRG98-B2688
PublicationDate: 16250101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Attributed to Samuel Purchas. Each vol. has special t.p. with title: Pvrchas his Pilgrimes; imprint: London, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Featherstone, 1625. Fifth book published separately; Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present, 4th ed., 1626. Includes indexes. Numerous errors in pagination.
Collation: 4 v.: ill., maps; 34 cm
