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 23, 2025.

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Quod Nestorini et Saraceni sunt mixti & Idolatre.

* 1.1PRimi sunt Iugures, quorum terra contiguatur cum terra praedicta Organum inter montes il∣los versus Orientem: Et in omnibus ciuitatibus eorum sunt mixti Nestorim & Saraceni. Et ipsi etiā sunt diftusi versus Persidem in ciuitatibus Saracenorum.* 1.2 In predicta ciuitate Cealac ha∣bebant etiam ipsi tres Idolatrias, quarum duas intraui, vt viderem stulitias eorum. In primain∣ueni quendam, qui habebat cruciculam de atramento super manum suam. Vnde credidi quod esset Christianus: quia adomnia quae quaere bam ab eo, respondebat vt Christianus. Vnde que∣siui ab eo: Quare ergo non habetis crucem & imaginem Iesu Christi? Et ipse respondit, non habemus consuetudinem. vnde ego credidi quod esent Christiani: sed ex defectu doctrine omitterent. Videbam enim ibi post quandam cistam, quae erat eis loco altaris, super quam po∣nunt lucernas & oblationes, quandam imaginationem habentem alas quasi Sancti Michaelis: & alias quasi ipsorum tenentes digitos sicut ad benedicendum. Illo soro non potui aliud inue∣nire. Quia Saraceni in tantū inuitant eos, quod nec etiam volunt loqui inde eis. Vnde quan∣do quaerebam a Sararcenis deritu talium, ipsi scandalizabantur. In crastino fuerunt kalendae & pasch Saracenorum & mutaui hospitium: ita quod fui hospitatus prope aliam Idolatrim. Homines enim coligunt nuncios, quilibet secuudum posse suum vel portionem suam. Tunc intrans Idolatriam praedictam inueni sacerdotes Idolorum. In kalendis enim aperiunt tem∣pla sua, & ornant se sacerdotes, & ofterunt populi oblationes de pane & fuctibus. Primò ergo describo vobis ritus communes omnes Idolararum:* 1.3 & postea istorum Iugurum; qui sunt quasi secta diuisa ab alijs. Omnes adorant ad Aquilonem complosis manibus: & prosternentes se genibus flexis ad terram, ponentes frontem super manus. Vnde Nestorini in partibus illis nul∣lo modo iungunt manus orando: sed orant extensis palmis ante pectus. Porrigunt templa sua ab Oriente in Occidentem: & in latere Aquilonari faciunt cameram vnam quasi eorū exe∣unem: vel aliter, Si est domus quadrata, in medio domus ad latus aquilonare intercludunt v∣nam cameram in loco chori. Ibi ergo collocant vnam arcam longam & latam sicut mensam vnam. Et post illam arcam contra meridiem collocant principale idolum: quod ego vidi apud Caraarum,* 1.4 ita magnum sicut pingitur Sanctus Christopherus. Et dixit mihi quidam sacerdos Nestorinus, qui venerat ex Cataya, quod in terra illa est Idolum ita magnum, quod potest vi∣deri à duabus dietis. Et collocant alia idola in circuitu, omnia pulcherrime deaura: Super ci∣stam illam, quae est quasi mensa vna, ponunt lucernas & oblationes. Omnes portae templorum sunt apertae ad meridiem contrario modo Saracenis. Item habent campanas magnas sicut nos. Ideo credo quod orientales Christiani noluerunt habere eas. Ruteni tamen habent & Graeci in Gasaria.

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