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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Libellus de politica conservatia Maris .Pollicy of keeping the Sea. (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Of the commodities of Spaine and of Flanders . The first Chapter. (search)
Of the commodities of Spaine and of Flanders. The first Chapter.
KNOWE well all men that profits in certaine
Commodities called comming out of Spaine
And Marchandie, who so will weete what it is,
Bene Figs, Raisins, wine Bastard, and Datis,
And Licoris, Sivill oyle, and graine,
White Pastill Sope, and Waxe is not vayne.
Yron
, Wooll, Wadmolle, Gotefell, Kidfell also:
For Poynt-makers full needefull bene they tweyn:
Saffron, Quickesilver, which owne Spaine Marchandy,
Is into Flanders shipped full craftily,
Unto Bruges as to her staple fayre:
The Haven of Scluse hir Haven for her repayre
Which is cleped Swyn tho shippes giding:
Where many vessels and fayre are abiding.
But these Marchandes with their shippes great,
And such chaffare as they bye and get
By the weyes must nede take on hand
By the coasts to passe of our England,
Betwixt Dover and Caleis, this is no doubt.
Who can well els such matter bring about?
And when these sayd Marchants
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, A description of the fortunate Ilands , otherwise called
the Ilands of Canaria , with their strange fruits and
commodities: composed by Thomas Nicols English
man, who remained there the space of seven yeeres
together. (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The Iland of Yron
, called Hierro
. (search)
The Iland of Yron
, called Hierro
.THIS Iland standeth ten leagues distant from the Iland
of Palma Westward: it is but a little Iland, which containeth sixe leagues in circuit, and hath but small
extension. It appertaineth to the earle of Gomera. The
chiefest commodity of this Iland is goats flesh and orchell.
There is no wine in all that Iland, but onely one vineyard
that an English man of Taunton
in the West countrey
planted among rocks, his name was John Hill.
This Iland hath no kind of fresh water, but onely in
the middle of the Iland groweth a great tree with leaves
like an Olive tree, which hath a great cisterne at the foot
of the sayd tree. This tree continually is covered with
clouds, and by meanes thereof the leaves of the sayd
tree continually drop water, very sweet, into the sayd
cisterne, which commeth to the sayd tree from the clouds
by attraction. And this water sufficeth the Iland for all
necessities, aswell for the cattell, as for the inhabitants.
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The second voyage to Benin
, set foorth by Master John
Newton , and Master John Bird Marchants of London
in the yeere 1590 with a ship called the Richard of
Arundell of the burthen of one hundreth tunnes, and
a small pinnesse, in which voyage Master James Welsh
was chiefe Maister . (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The English Voyages , Navigations , and Discoveries
(intended for the finding of a North-west passage) to
the North parts of America , to Meta incognita , and
the backeside of Gronland
, as farre as 72 degrees and
12 minuts: performed first by Sebastian Cabota , and
since by Sir Martin Frobisher , and M. John Davis ,
with the Patents, Discourses, and Advertisements
thereto belonging. (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, A true discourse of the three Voyages of discoverie, for
the finding of a passage to Cathaya , by the Northwest,
under the conduct of Martin Frobisher Generall :
Before which, as a necessary Preface is prefixed a
twofolde discourse, conteining certaine reasons to prove
all partes of the World habitable. Penned by Master
George Best , a Gentleman employed in the same
voyages. (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The third voyage of Captaine Frobisher , pretended for the
discoverie of Cataia , by Meta Incognita , Anno Do .
1578 . (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Our departure from England
. (search)
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The Voyages of the English Nation to Newfoundland
,
to the Isles of Ramea , and the Isles of Assumption
otherwise called Natiscotec , situate at the mouth of
the River of Canada , and to the coastes of Cape
Briton , and Arambec , corruptly called Norumbega ,
with the Patents, letters, and advertisements thereunto
belonging. (search)