The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The EnglishNation, Vol. XII., America, Part I., by Richard HakluytThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.Author: Richard HakluytRelease Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13605]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, ***Produced by Karl Hagen and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders** Transcriber's Notes **The printed edition from which this e-text has been produced retains the spelling and abbreviations of Hakluyt's 16th-century original. In this version, the spelling has been retained, but the following manuscript abbreviations have beensilently expanded:- vowels with macrons = vowel + 'n' or 'm' - q; = -que (in the Latin) - y'e = the; y't = that; w't = withThis edition contains footnotes and two types of sidenotes. Most footnotes are added by the editor. They follow modern(19th-century) spelling conventions. Those that don't are Hakluyt's (and are not always systematically marked as such bythe editor). The sidenotes are Hakluyt's own. Summarizing sidenotes are labelled ...