Hakluyt''s Promise - An Elizabethan''s Obsession for an English America

Informationen zum Autor Peter C. Mancall is professor of history! University of Southern California! and director of the USC--Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. He lives in Los Angeles. Zusammenfassung Richard Hakluyt the younger! a contemporary of William Shakespeare! advocated the creation of English colonies in the New World at a time when the advantages of this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes the life and times of Hakluyt! a trained minister who became an editor of travel accounts.

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• Autori: Peter C Mancall, Peter C. Mancall, Mancall Peter C.
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.04.2010
• EAN: 9780300164220
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16422-0
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; USA, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / United States / General, United States of America, USA, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Classic Travel Writing