Purchas his pilgrimes. In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. 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, to the ilands [sic] of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

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  • Purchas his pilgrimes. In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. 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, to the ilands [sic] of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
  • Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes Pvrchas his pilgrimes
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, 1625.
Publication year
1625-1625
ESTC No.
S111862
Grub Street ID
131629
Description
4 v. (v.1: [36], 186, [10], 468, 479-642, 645-748, [24] p. (first leaf blank), [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.2: [4], 749-857, 860-1270, 1269-1860, [40] p.; v.3: [28], 668, 699-1006, 1009-1140, [68] p., [3] folded leaves of plates; v.4: [8], 1141-1234, 1237-1973 , [41] p. [2] folded leaves of plates) : ill., maps, tables ; 2⁰
Note
"This work's intrinsic value is due rather to its having preserved some record of early voyages otherwise unknown, than to the literary skill or ability of the author. It may fairly be supposed that the originals of many of the journals entrusted to him, of which he published an imperfect abstract, were lost through his carelessness; so that the fact that the 'Pilgrimes' contains the only extant account of some voyages is by his fault, not by his merit. A comparison of what he has printed with such originals as remain shows that he was neither a faithful editor nor a judicious compiler, and that he took little pains to arrive at an accurate knowledge of facts. He inherited many of the manuscripts of Richard Hakluyt [q.v.], but the use he made of them was widely different from Hakluyt's"--DNB.

With an additional engraved title page in v. 1, "Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes. ..". Variant: this title page dated 1624.

Includes indexes.

First leaf of volumes 3 and 4 are blank.
Uncontrolled note
Blanks from F.S. Ferguson notes