A foundational text of English exploration and discovery, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation is an unparalleled collection of firsthand accounts from the Age of Discovery. Edited by Richard Hakluyt, this monumental work offers a firsthand look at the experiences of the explorers, merchants, and missionaries who transformed the world in the 16th and 17th centuries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.