A trve discovrse of the late voyages of discouerie : for the finding of a passage to Cathaya, by the Northvveast, vnder the conduct of Martin Frobisher generall : deuided into three bookes : in the first wherof is shewed, his first voyage : wherein also by the vvay is sette out a geographicall description of the worlde, and what partes thereof haue bin discouered by the nauigations of the Englishmen : also, there are annexed certayne reasons, to proue all partes of the worlde habitable, with a generall mappe adioyned : in the second, is set out his second voyage, vvith the aduentures and accidents thereof : in the thirde, is declared the strange fortunes which hapned in the third voyage, with a seuerall description of the countrey and the people there inhabiting : with a particular card therevnto adioyned of Meta Incognita, so farre forth as the secretes of the voyage may permit / [by George Beste].
| Author/creator | Best, George |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Imprinted by Henry Bynnyman, 1578 (London : Printed by Henry Bynnyman) |
| Description | 16 unnumbered pages, 52, 39, 68 pages 2 leaves of plates (1 folded) : folded map, portrait, coat-of-arms ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | True discourse of the late voyages of discoverie |
| Local note | Library's copy imperfect: some bleed-through of text. |
| General note | "Epistle dedicatorie" signed: George Beste. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 5061. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG02-B188 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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