Henry Hudson the Navigator: The Original Documents in Which His Career Is Recorded

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by  Georg Michael Asher

ASHGATE EBOOK
Henry Hudson the Navigator
The Original Documents in which
his Career is Recorded
Edited by
G.M. AsHER
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WORKS ISSUED If
HENRY HUDSON
NAVIGATOR.
THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
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SXB JOHN BOWRING, LL.D.
RT. HON. LORD BROUGHTON.
THE LORD ALFRED SPENCER CHURCHILL, M.P.
CHARLES WEKTWORTH DILKE, ESQ.
RT. HON. SIK DAVID DUNDAS.
SIB HKNRT ELLIS, K.H., F.B.S.
JOHN FOSTER, ESQ.
LIKUT-GBN. CHARLES RICHARD FOX.
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JOHN WINTER JONES, ESQ., F.S.A.
His EXCELLENCY THE COUNT DE LAVRADIO.
B. H. MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A.
THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD.
THE RT. HON. LORD WEN8LEYDALE.
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CLEMENTS R. MARK HAM, Esq., HONORARY SECRETARY.
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REPORT FOR 1860.
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year of its existence, and has, during that period, issued
twenty-five valuable volumes relating to early voyages and
travels in every part of the world. The number of sub
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Since the last General Meeting the following volumes
have been delivered to members :
" Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries;" containing the
Journey of Gonzalo Pizarro, from the Royal Commentaries
of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega; the Voyage of Francisco de
Orellana, from the General History of Herrera; and the
Voyage of Christoval de Acufia, from a narrative written by
himself in 1641. Edited and translated, with an Introduc
tion and a descriptive list of the principal Tribes in the
Valley of the Amazons, by Clements R. Markham, Esq.
" Early Voyages to Australia," a collection of documents
showing the early discoveries of Australia to the time of
Captain Cook. Edited by E. H. Major, Esq., of the British
Museum, F.S.A.
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ward state, viz.:
te The Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy Gonzales de
Clavijo to the Court of Timour at Samarcand, A.D. 1403-6."
Translated for the first time, with Notes, a Preface, and an
Introductory Life of Timour, by Clements R. Markham,
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"A Collection of Documents forming a Monograph of
the Voyages of Henry Hudson." Edited, with an Intro
duction, by George Asher, Esq., LL.D.
In addition to the above works, five others have been
undertaken by Editors, and some of them are now in pro
gress, viz.:
THE FIFTH LETTER OF HERNANDO CORTES ; being that
describing his Voyage to Honduras in 1525-6. To be
translated and edited by E. G. Squier, Esq.
THE VOYAGE OF VASCO DE GAMA ROUND THE CAPE OF
GOOD HOPE IN 1497; now first translated from a contem
poraneous manuscript, accompanied by other documents
forming a Monograph of the Life of De Gama. To be
translated and edited by Richard Garnett, Esq., of the
British Museum.
THE TRAVELS OF LTJDOVICO VARTEMA, in Syria, Arabia,
Persia, and India, during the sixth century. To be trans
lated and edited by Count Pepoli.
NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE OF THE "TYRANT AGTJIRRE,"
DOWN THE RIVER OF THE AMAZONS, by Fray Pedro Simon.
To be.translated for the first time by W. Bollaert, Esq.