The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593

Name: The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593
Author: Sir Richard Hawkins

by Sir Richard Hawkins

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The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593 Reprinted from the Edition of 1622

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Anne Grieve, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2018-07-13

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Public domain in the USA.

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Early works to 1800 South America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800

About the author

Sir Richard Hawkins

d. 1622

An Elizabethan seaman and explorer, he is remembered for a hard-fought voyage into the South Seas and for the vivid account he later wrote about it. His life connects the age of naval rivalry, privateering, and long, dangerous expeditions at sea.

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