By George B. Parks

New York: American Geographical Society, Special Publication No. 10, 1928. Tall 8vo, [xvii], 289pp., 32 b/w plates, 3 fold-out maps, 4 appendices, Index. Publisher’s gray cloth boards with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine against a black rectangular field — as issued. Internally with prior owner’s brief script inscription dated Sept., 28, 1931, otherwise a very well preserved book with no external wear, no foxing, folds or tears — a Near Fine Copy.

Drawn from a series of lectures at Amherst College in 1919 are topics related to English exploration from 1485 to 1616, with extensive notes on Hakluyt’s life and legacy.