Voyages and Travels: Ancient and Modern. 1909–14. Vol. 33. The Harvard Classics

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I have been accompanied with many sorrows, with labour, hunger, heat, sickness, and peril; it appeareth, notwithstanding, that I made no other bravado of going to the sea, than was meant.

—Dedication

Sir Walter
Raleigh

Harvard Classics, Vol. 33

Voyages and Travels

Ancient and Modern

These seven accounts move from the ancient fathers of historical prose Herodotus and Tacitus in Egypt and Germany, respectively, to the great Elizabethan explorers Drake, Gilbert and Raleigh as they colonize new lands.

CONTENTS

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NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Herodotus: Introductory Note
An Account of Egypt
Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe: Translated by G. C. Macaulay; Paras. 1–19; Paras. 20–39; Paras. 40–59; Paras. 60–77
Tacitus: Introductory Note; Translated by Thomas Gordon; Germany
Sir Francis Drake: Introductory Note
Sir Francis Drake Revived
Edited by Philip Nichols: Dedication; The Dedicatory Epistle; To the Courteous Reader; Paras. 1–99; Paras. 100–199; Paras. 200–292
Francis Pretty: Sir Francis Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World
Captain Walter Bigges: Introduction; Drake’s Great Armada
Edward Haies: Introductory Note
Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Voyage to Newfoundland: Paras. 1–49; Paras. 50–83
Sir Walter Raleigh: Introductory Note
The Discovery of Guiana: Dedication; To the Reader; Paras. 1–49; Paras. 50–102

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