expressing the cosmographie and comodities of the country, together with the manners and customes of the people.
Hakluyt Society, London 1849
Hakluyt Society first series, 6.
William Strachey was a member of the Virginia Company chartered by King James I to establish a colony in North America. A primary source for the early history of the English colonisation of North America.
First edition. 8vo., viii, xxvi, 203pp., folding map, 5 plates, 1 facsimile, original blue cloth gilt, rebacked blue morocco, bookplate and blindstamps of United Services Institution, corners worn, a good copy.
William Strachey was a member of the Virginia Company chartered by King James I to establish a colony in North America. A primary source for the early history of the English colonisation of North America.
First edition. 8vo., viii, xxvi, 203pp., folding map, 5 plates, 1 facsimile, original blue cloth gilt, rebacked blue morocco, bookplate and blindstamps of United Services Institution, corners worn, a good copy.
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