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HAKLUYT, RICHARD. The Second Volume of the Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. [16], 312; 204 pages. 2 parts in one volume, mostly printed in black letter. Folio, 285x195 mm, modern 1/4 leather; margins trimmed entering some headlines, contents toned or browned, marginal dampstaining through much of volume, occasional marginal worming not affecting text, scattered early marginalia, ink smudges on pages 106-07, hole in 3M4 repaired with text loss, crudely repaired clean tear in 3O5. London: George Bishop et al., 1599
Second volume (of 3) of the considerably enlarged second edition of Hakluyt's 1589 magnum opus, "the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries . . . and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans" (Hill). Church 322; Hill 743; STC 12626.
