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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III

Name: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Author: Hakluyt, Richard

Hakluyt, Richard

Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels

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      This volume consists of the completion of Part II, started in
      Volume XIII, and the complete Part III.

                              THE PRINCIPAL

                    NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES,

                                  AND

                              DISCOVERIES

                                  OF

                          THE ENGLISH NATION.

                              Collected by

                      RICHARD HAKLUYT, PREACHER,

                                  and

                                Edited by

                       EDMUND GOLDSMID, F.R.H.S.

                                VOL. XIV.

                                AMERICA.

                                PART III.

                                Edinburgh:
                            E. & G. GOLDSMID.
                                  1890.

Contents

(Part II Continued)

    Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of
      Florida, her next neighbour: out of the foure yeeres continuall
      trauell and discouerie, for aboue one thousand miles east and
      west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto and sixe hundred able men in
      his companie.--(_Continued._)                                    5

    An extract of a letter of captaine Francis Vasques de Coronado,
      written to a Secretary of the right noble Don Antonio de
      Mendoça, viceroy of Nueua Espanna. Dated in Culiacan, the 8. of
      March 1539.                                                     60

    A Letter written by the most honourable Lord Don Antonio de
      Mendoça, Vice-roy of Nueua Espanna, to the Emperours Maiestie.  63

    A relation of the reuerend father Frier Marco de Niça, touching
      his discouery of the kingdome of Ceuola or Cibola, situate
      about 30. degrees of latitude, to the North of Nueua Espanna.   67

    El viaie qve hizo Antonio de Espeio en el anno de ochenta y tres:
      el qual con sus companneros descubrieron vna tierra en que
      hallaron quinze prouincias todas llenas de pueblos, y de casas de
      quatro y cinco altos, a quien pusieron por nombre el Nueuo
      Mexico, por parecerse en muchas cosas al viejo. Esta à la parte
      del norte, y se cree que por ella, y por poblado, se puede venir
      hasta llegar a la tierra que llaman del labrador.               84

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