Author: Hakluyt, Ricahrd & Irving, Laurence [illustrations & preface]
Title: A Selection Of The Principal Voyages, Traffiques And Discoveries Of The English Nation
Description: William Heinemann, 1927, 3rd impression. Cloth, VG. xxiv+294pp, decorated endpapers, tipped in frontis & 7 tipped in plates, many b/w illustrations & vignettes all by Irving, spine sunned to a pale grey, some foxing internally, mostly to the margins, corners bumped, but an attreactive book. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Well & evocatively illustrated edition of Hakluyt's Voyages, the text left as his 1598 edition. Covers the Voyages of John Hawkins, Francis Drake, Thomas Candish & Charles Howard.

Keywords: travel, exploration, history, maritime, sailing, navy, tudor history