Hakluyt's Promise

Hakluyt's Promise
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9780300164220
ISBN-13 : 030016422X
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Download or read book Hakluyt's Promise written by Peter C. Mancall and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hakluyt's Promise demonstrates [Hakluyt's] prominent role in the establishment of English America as well as his interests in English opportunities in the East Indies. The volume presents nearly fifty illustrations - many unpublished since the sixteenth century - and offers a fresh view of Hakluyt's milieu and the central concerns of the Elizabethan age"--Jacket.


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