Series:

Hakluyt Society, First

7 total works

Cover of The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), during his Agency in Bengal
The diary is transcribed, with introductory notes, etc. by R. Barlow, and illustrated by 'Copious Extracts from Unpublished Records, etc.' by Colonel Henry Yule. With pedigrees of Pitt of Blandford St Mary and Pitt of Stratfieldsay, and indexes to all three volumes.The volume continues from First Series 74 and 75. The whole work contains: I. The diary, with index.--II. Notices regarding Sir William Hedges, documentary memoirs of Job Charnock, and other biographical and miscellaneous illustrations of the time in India. -III. Documentary contributions to a biography of Thomas Pitt, governor of Fort St. George; with collections on the early history of the company's settlement in Bengal; and on early charts and topography of the Hugli River The supplementary material is the 1888 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1889. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce illustration no.2 opposite p. xxix, the "Genealogical Table of the PITT Family."

Cover of First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas by the Ynca Garcillasso de la Vega

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continues First Series 41.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1871.

Cover of The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and his Viceroyalty from the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa

Translated from the Portuguese, with Notes and an Introduction. The additional documents, mainly letters and reports to the king of Portugal, are in Portuguese. The supplementary material consists of the 1869 annual report.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869.

Cover of The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman, a Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543

'Translated from an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid; with Notes and an Introduction'. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. The supplementary material includes the 1862 annual report.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1862.

Cover of Kosma Aiguptiou Monachou Christianike Topographia - The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk

Translated from the Greek, and Edited, with Notes and Introduction.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1897.

Cover of The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the First Part of his Chronicle of Peru

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplementary material includes the 1864 annual report.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1864.

Cover of The History of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof

From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual report.

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1853.