The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas, 1577-1626, Volume I

ISBN-13: 9781032320953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 400 str.

L. E. Pennington

Opis

The Purchas Handbook follows the model of the Society's earlier Hakluyt Handbook in providing a reference guide to the works of the Reverend Samuel Purchas (1577-1626) and a critical evaluation of his achievements as collector, editor, and author of travel literature.

Spis treści

Contents: Concordance between Purchas' s Pilgrimes (4 vols, 1625) and Pilgrimes (20 vols, 1905-07); Part 1 Purchas Through Four Centuries: Samuel Purchas: his reputation and the uses of his works, L.E. Pennington. Part 2 Some Purchas Perspectives: Purchas as editor, Carol Urness; Purchas's maps, Helen Wallis; The native peoples, W.E. Washburn. Part 3 Purchas's Use of the Materials Available to Him: Purchas as theological geographer, H.C. Porter; The circumnavigations, D.B. Quinn; Africa (other than the Mediterranean and Red Sea lands) and the Atlantic islands, P.E.H. Hair; North and North-East Africa and the Near and Middle East, C.F. Beckingham; India and the areas adjacent, Michael Strachan; Southeast Asia, S. Arasaratnam; The Far East, E. J. van Kley and T.N. Foss; Russia and Central Asia, C.H. Baron; The northern passage, T.E. Armstrong; Latin America, C.R. Steele; North America, D.B. Quinn. Part 4 From 1577 to 1657: A Purchas chronology, D.R. Ransome.

O autorze

L.E. Pennington