8vo. 640 pp., frontispiece, 16 b/w illustrations, 7 maps, endpaper maps, cloth in d/w, glossary, index, previous owner’s inscription verso covers, otherwise copy in mint condition, Ghatto & Windus, London, 1981.

Synopsis

A selection of the principall navigations, voyages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over land. This volume includes:
1- Anthony’s Jenkinson’s voyage t Bokhara, 1558.
2- Voyages into Persia in 1563, 1565 and 1568 by Richard Cheney, Laurence Chapman and Arthur Edwards.
3- Laurence Aldersey’s trip to Jeurusalem, 1581.
4- Voyages of the Jesus to Tripoli, 1583, by Thomas Sanders.
5- Laurence Aldersey’s tour of Egypt, 1586.