(History, Colonial America, Norumbega): Discourse on Western Planting, Written in the Year 1584, By Richard Hakluyt
by Hakluyt, Richard (preface by Leonard Woods, edited with notes by Charltes Deane)
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Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1877. This volume was sponsored by the Maine Historical Society, and published as part of the "Documentary History of the State of Maine" vol. II, second series). Dr. Woods had previously been president of Bodin College. Original dark brown cloth, original endpapers, first edition, lxi, 253pp (including index) with the a facsimile of the first page of Hakluyt's original letter, and Heads of Records, bound after the text. Upper spine edge chipped off, binding slightly shaken, minimal browning to text, front hinge starting. Internally very good. This volume was based on an original document by Hakluyt from 1584, a great deal of which ruminated on relations with Native Americans. Howes H25. (There is an extenisve online discussion of these writings, by David Beers Quinn, as part of his 1985 Lawrence F. Brewster Lecture in History.). First Edition. Cloth. 8vo.
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- Title
- (History, Colonial America, Norumbega): Discourse on Western Planting, Written in the Year 1584, By Richard Hakluyt
- Author
- Hakluyt, Richard (preface by Leonard Woods, edited with notes by Charltes Deane)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Wilson and Son
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Maine, History, Norumbega, Richard Hakluyt, Colonial America, Indians, Native Americans
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