A Discourse Concerning Western Planting Written in the Year 1584
by Haklyut, Richard
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, [MA]: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1877. Hardcover. Very good. Issued as part of the Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series. Edited by Leonard Woods and Charles Deane. lxi + 253 pp, indexed, with several folding facsimiles of handwritten documents. A very good copy, mostly unopened, with some light foxing, faint staining to lower spine. This is first publication of Richard Hakluyt's 1584 manuscript discussing the lands of the New World and advocating colonization by the English. Originally a confidential state paper, it was presented to Queen Elizabeth I on October 3, 1584. The present text comes from the only surviving copy. Haklyut argues that the English should settle the New World in order to preempt other Europeans -- particularly the Spanish -- from monopolizing trade.
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- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22901
- Title
- A Discourse Concerning Western Planting Written in the Year 1584
- Author
- Haklyut, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Press of John Wilson and Son
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, [MA]
- Date Published
- 1877
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History; American History;
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Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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