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  3. The Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empire of Guiana
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2011
Print publication year:
2010
First published in:
1848
Online ISBN:
9780511695674
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511695674
Subjects:
Area Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, European History: General Interest, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
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Book description

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, edited by Robert Schomburgk and first published in 1848, presents documents written by Sir Walter Raleigh following his expeditions to Guyana in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The title text recounts the events of Raleigh's first voyage, including his encounters with the Spanish and the quest for the legendary city of Manoa, and is accompanied by two documents that had not previously been published. The book also includes a detailed introduction and extensive explanatory notes, providing key biographical and historical information.

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