Project Gutenberg 2004-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 426 Hakluyt, Richard 1616 Hackluyt, Richard Goldsmid, Edmund Goldsmid, Edmund Marsden The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12 America, Part I Produced by Karl Hagen and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English..." by Richard Hakluyt is a historical account compiled in the late 16th century. This collection extensively chronicles the maritime explorations and trade endeavors of the English, focusing particularly on the discoveries related to the New World, known today as America. The book serves as a testament to the age of exploration, detailing the voyages undertaken by figures like John Cabot and others in their quest for trade routes and new lands. At the start of this work, Richard Hakluyt offers an introduction that outlines the significance of the voyages undertaken by the English in discovering new territories. He emphasizes the importance of documenting these expeditions for historical record and the betterment of navigation knowledge. The opening also discusses the early voyages of Madoc, a Welsh prince reputed to have discovered parts of America before Columbus, setting the stage for the account of later, more well-documented explorations. The text is rich with references to classical authors and ancient philosophies, lending credibility to Hakluyt's claims about the New World and its potential for wealth and colonization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Voyages and travels Discoveries in geography -- English G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - American Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 977234 2025-08-06T06:15:47.236173 text/html 977207 977093 2024-11-06T08:55:13.107066 2023-10-06T09:54:11.532407 text/html text/html 472332 2025-08-06T06:15:58.670100 application/epub+zip 485469 2025-08-06T06:15:51.274119 application/epub+zip 429796 2025-08-06T06:15:49.889171 application/epub+zip 903688 2025-08-06T06:16:04.296069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 865870 2025-08-06T06:15:57.684116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583382 2022-09-07T03:09:51.833510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 926459 2025-08-06T06:15:46.565180 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 906509 2024-10-28T20:36:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17774 2025-08-06T06:16:04.428043 application/rdf+xml 28978 2025-08-06T06:15:50.395116 image/jpeg 5125 2025-08-06T06:15:50.141115 image/jpeg 470593 2025-08-06T06:15:47.306190 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia