The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

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The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.
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Imprinted at London :: By George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker,
Anno 1599[-1600]
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Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
Discoveries (in geography), English -- Early works to 1800.
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"The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02495.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.

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De Insula Ceilan, & de monte vbi Adam planxit Abel filium suum.

* 1.1TRansini per aliam insulam vocatam Ceilan, quae habet in ambitu plusquā duo millia mil∣liaria, in qua sunt serpentes quasi infiniti, & maxima multitudo leonum, vrsarum, & omni∣um animalium rapacium, & siluestrium, & potissimè elephantū. In illa contrata est mons ma∣ximus, in quo dicunt gentes illius regionis quòd Adam planxit Abel filium suum 500 annis. In medio illius montis est planici•••• pulcherrima, in qua est lacus paruus multum habens de a∣qua, & homines illi dicunt aquam illam fuisse de lachrymis Adae & Euae, sed probaui hoc sal∣sum esse, quia vidi aquam in lacu scaturire: haec aqua plena est hirudinibus & sanguisugis, & lapidibus pretiosis; istos lapides rex non accipit sibi, sed semel vel bis in anno permittit paupe∣res sub aqua ire pro lapidibus, & omnes quot possunt colligere illis concedit, vt orent pro ani∣ma sua. Vt autē possint sub aqua ire accipiunt lymones, & cum illis vngunt se valdè benè, & sic nudos se in aquam submergunt, & sanguisugae illis nocere non pussunt. Ab isto lacu aqua exit & currit vs{que} ad mare, & in transitu quandò retrahit se, fodiuntur Rubiae, & adamantes, & mar∣garitae, & aliae gemmae pretiosae: vndè opinio est quod rexille magis abundat lapidibus preio∣sis, quàm aliquis in mundo. In contrata illa sunt quasi omnia genera animalium & auium; & dixerunt mihi gentes illae, quòd animalia illa nullū forensem inuadunt, nec offendunt, sed tantū homines illius regionis. Vidi in illa insula aues ita mgnas sicut sunt hic anseres, habentes duo capita, & alia mirabilia quae non scribo. Vltra versus meridiem transiui, & applicui ad insulam quandam quae vocatur Bodin,* 1.2 quod idem est quod immundum in lingua nostra. In ea moātu

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pessimi hómines, qui comedunt carnes crudas, & omnem immunditiā faciunt quae quasi exco∣gitari nō poterit; nam pater comedit filium, & filius patrē, & maritus vxorem, & è contraio, & hoc per hunc modum: si pater alicuius infirmetur, filius vadit ad Astrologum sacerdotem, sez. rogans eum quòd consulat Deum suum, si pater de tali infirmitate euadet, vel non. Tunc ambo vadunt ad idolum aureum, vel argenteum, faciētes orationes in hac forma. Domme, tu es Deus noster, te adoramus, & rogamus vt nobis respondeas, debetnè talis à tali infirmitate mori vel li∣berari? Tunc Demon respōdet, & si dicat, viuet, filius vadit & ministrat illi vs{que} ad plenā conua∣lescentiā: Si autē dicat, morietur, Sacerdos ibit ad cum, & vnum pannum super os eius ponet, & suffocabit eum, & ipsum mortum incidet in frusta, & inuitabuntur omnes amici, & parentes eius ad comedendum eum cum caticis, & omni laetitia, ossa tamen eius honorificè sepelient. Cùm autē ego eos de tali ritu reprehendi, quaerens causam: Respondit vnus mihi, hoc acimus ne vermes carnes eius comedant, tunc eius anima magnā poenam sustineret, nec poteram euel∣lere eos ab isto errore: & multe aliae nouitates sunt ibi, quas nō crederent, nisi qui viderent. Ego autem coram Deo nihil hîc refero, nisi illud de quo cerus sum sicut homo certificari poterit. De ista insula inquisiui à multis expertis, qui omnes vno ore responderunt mihi, dicentes, quod ista India 4400. insulas continet sub se, siue in se, in qua etiam sunt 64. reges coronati, & etiam di∣cunt quod maior pars illius insulae benè inhabitatur. Et hîc istius Indiae facio finem.

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