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Samuel Purchas

1577 - 1626

English Anglican cleric who published several volumes of reports by travellers to foreign countries.

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  • Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages Discouered, from the Creation unto This Present (1st edition, 1613; 2nd edition, 1614).

  • Purchas, his Pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of Man. Relating the wonders of his Generation, vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of his
    Regeneration (1619).

  • Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes, contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and others (4 volumes, 1625). Reprinted in 1905–1907 in 20 volumes.

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  • Cover of: Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas His Pilgrimes : Volume 1: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others

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  • Cover of: Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas His Pilgrimes : Volume 2: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others

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  • Cover of: Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation vnto this present. Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathenis, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ...

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  • Cover of: Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others

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  • Cover of: Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas His Pilgrimes 20 Volume Set: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and Others

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  • Cover of: Purchas his Pilgrimes in Japan: extracted from Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others

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  • Cover of: Hakluytus Posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes V.III

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  • Cover of: Pvrchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations Of The World And The Religions Observed In All Ages And places discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. In foure Partes. This First Contai- neth A Theologicall And Geographicall Historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Ilands Adiacent. Declaring the Ancient Religions before the Flovd, the Heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all Ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall Opinions, Idols, Oracles, Temples, Priestes, Fasts, Feasts, Sacrifices, and Rites Religious: Their beginnings, Proceedings, Alterations, Sects, Orders and Successions. With briefe Descriptions of the Countries, Nations, States, Discoueries, Priuate and Publike Customes, and the most Remarkable Rarities of Nature, or Humane Industrie, in the same

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  • Cover of: Purchas, His Pilgrimage or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discovered From the Creation Unto This Present, Part 1

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Subjects
Voyages and travels, Early works to 1800, Geography, Discovery and exploration, Religions, Description and travel, Sources, Theological anthropology, Voyages around the world, Christianity, Collections, Explorers, Christian ethics, Discoveries in geography, East India Company, France, History, Naval History, Netherlands, Pride and vanity, Virginia Company of London, Bees, Descriptions et voyages, Découverte et exploration, East india company
Places
America, Africa, Asia, East Indies, France, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Northeast Passage, Northwest Passage, Portugal, South America, Spain
People
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (16th cent), Anthony Sherley Sir (1565-1635?), Arngrímur Jónsson (1568-1648), Bartolomé de las Casas (1474-1566), Benjamin of Tudela (12th cent), Cesare Federici, Christopher Burrough, Diego de Pantoja (1571-1618), Duarte Lopes, Edward Terry (1590-1660), Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596), Galeote Pereira, Galeotto Perera, Gaspar da Cruz (d. 1570), Gasparo Balbi, George Clifford Cumberland Earl of (1558-1605), George Sandys (1578-1644), George Waymouth, Hayton Frère (ca. 1235-ca. 1314), Hernando de Soto (ca. 1500-1542), Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611), John Davis (1550?-1605), John Norris Sir (1547?-1597), John Sanderson (1560-1627?), João de Castro (1500-1548)
Time
17th century, 16th century, House of Austria, 1516-1700, Period of discoveries, 1385-1580, Tudors, 1485-1603

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Alternative names

  • Samuel Purchas the Elder
  • Purchas, Samuel

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December 29, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris Remove uncertainty from birth date since Wikidata has several references
December 29, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris Add disambiguating bio and works from Wikipedia
December 29, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris Normal name order. Add AKA from Wikidata
December 29, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import