The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton / 1582-1583 / Narratives and Documents
by Taylor, E.G.R.; ed
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Cambridge: Printed for the Hakluyt Society at the Cambridge University Press, 1959. Hardcover. pp. lvii, 333. 8vo. Bound in sky-blue cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt and blind. Maps and illustrations present as called-for. Some edgewear, bookplate to front free endpaper, satin pagemarker taped to rfep, thumbing to pages; very good. Works issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Part 2, No. 113. "Transcripts of certain surviving records of the voyage for Cathay sponsored by the Privy Council and intended to establish the first English trading base in the Far East. Includes Fenton's own sea journal and extracts from the official narrative of Richard Madox.
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- Title
- The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton / 1582-1583 / Narratives and Documents
- Author
- Taylor, E.G.R.; ed
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Publisher
- Printed for the Hakluyt Society at the Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1959
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- Gilt
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- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...