Voyages in Print
Subtitle: English Narratives of Travel to America 15761624 (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521036504
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Literary Criticism; Travel - United States; USA; Essays & Travelogues; United States - General; America--Discovery and exploration--English; America--Discovery and exploration--English A; Literary Criticism & Collections / Eastern European; Travel / United States / General; Travel : Essays & Travelogues; Eastern European
First sentence: On June 12, 1578, Sir Humphrey Gilbert received letters patent to "discover, finde, search out and view such remote, heathen and barbarous lands, countreys, and territories not actually possessed of any Christian prince or people . . . and the same to have, hold, and occupy and enjoy to him, his heires and assignes for ever."