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WORKS ALREADY ISSUED.

1—The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt.
In his Voyage into the South Sea in 1593. Reprinted from the edition of
1622, and edited by Capt. C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B.
2—Select Letters of Columbus.
With Original Documents relating to the Discovery of the New World. Translated
and Edited by R. H. Major, Esq., of the British Museum.
3—The Discoverie of the Empire of Guiana,
By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knt. Edited, with copious Explanatory Notes, and a
Biographical Memoir, by Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, Phil. D., etc.
4—Sir Francis Drake his Voyage, 1595,
By Thomas Maynarde, together with the Spanish Account of Drake’s attack
on Puerto Rico, Edited from the Original MSS., by W. D. Cooley, Esq.
5—Narratives of Early Voyages
Undertaken for the Discovery of a Passage to Cathaia and India, by the North-west,
with Selections from the Records of the worshipful Fellowship of the
Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies; and from MSS. in the
Library of the British Museum, now first published by Thomas Rundall, Esq.
6—The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia,
Expressing the Cosmographie and Commodities of the Country, together with
the manners and Customs of the people, gathered and observed as well by
those who went first thither as collected by William Strachey, Gent., the first
Secretary of the Colony; now first Edited from the original manuscript in the
British Museum, by R. H. Major, Esq., of the British Museum.
7—Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America
And the Islands adjacent, collected and published by Richard Hakluyt,
Prebendary of Bristol in the year 1582. Edited, with Notes and an introduction,
by John Winter Jones, Esq., of the British Museum.
8—A Collection of Documents on Japan.
With a Commentary by Thomas Rundall, Esq.
9—The Discovery and Conquest of Florida,
By Don Ferdinando de Soto. Translated out of Portuguese by Richard
Hakluyt; and Edited, with notes and an introduction, by W. B. Rye, Esq.,
of the British Museum.
10—Notes upon Russia,
Being a Translation from the Earliest Account of that Country, entitled Rerum
Muscoviticarum Commentarii, by the Baron Sigismund von Herberstein,
Ambassador from the Court of Germany to the Grand Prince Vasiley Ivanovich,
in the years 1517 and 1526. Two Volumes. Translated and Edited, with
Notes and an Introduction, by R. H. Major, Esq., of the British Museum.
Vol. I.
11—The Geography of Hudson’s Bay.
Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in many Voyages to that locality,
between the years 1727 and 1751. With an Appendix, containing Extracts
from the Log of Captain Middleton on his Voyage for the Discovery of the
North-west Passage, in H.M.S. “Furnace,” in 1741-2. Edited by John
Barrow, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
12—Notes upon Russia. Vol. 2.
13—Three Voyages by the North-east,
Towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595,
and 1596, with their Discovery of Spitzbergen, their residence of ten months in
Novaya Zemlya, and their safe return in two open boats. By Gerrit de Veer.
Edited by C. T. Beke, Esq., Ph.D., F.S.A.
14-15—The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and
the Situation Thereof.
Compiled by the Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza. And now Reprinted
from the Early Translation of R. Parke. Edited by Sir George T.
Staunton, Bart. With an Introduction by R. H. Major, Esq. 2 vols.
16—The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake.
Being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated, with an
unpublished Manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition.
With Appendices illustrative of the same Voyage, and Introduction by W. S.
W. Vaux, Esq., M.A.
17—The History of the Tartar Conquerors who Subdued China.
From the French of the Père D’Orleans, 1688. Translated and Edited by the
Earl of Ellesmere. With an Introduction by R. H. Major, Esq.
18—A Collection of Early Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland,
Consisting of: a Translation from the German of F. Martin’s important work
on Spitzbergen, now very rare; a Translation from Isaac de la Peyrère’s
Relation de Groenland; and a rare piece entitled “God’s Power and Providence
showed in the miraculous preservation and deliverance of eight
Englishmen left by mischance in Greenland, anno 1630, nine moneths and
twelve days, faithfully reported by Edward Pelham.” Edited, with Notes, by
Adam White, Esq., of the British Museum.
19—The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco Islands.
From the rare Edition of 1606. Edited by Bolton Corney, Esq.
20—Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century.
Comprising “The Russe Commonwealth” by Dr. Giles Fletcher, and Sir
Jerome Horsey’s Travels, now first printed entire from his manuscript in the
British Museum. Edited by E. A. Bond, Esq., of the British Museum.
21—The Travels of Girolamo Benzoni in America, in 1542-56.
Translated and Edited by Admiral W. H. Smith, F.R.S., F.S.A.
22—India in the Fifteenth Century.
Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the century preceding
the Portuguese discovery of the Cape of Good Hope; from Latin, Persian,
Russian, and Italian Sources, now first translated into English. Edited, with
an Introduction by R. H. Major Esq., F.S.A.
23—Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico,
In the years 1599-1602, with Maps and Illustrations. By Samuel Champlain.
Translated from the original and unpublished Manuscript, with a Biographical
Notice and Notes by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw.
24—Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons
During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: containing the Journey of
Gonzalo Pizarro, from the Royal Commentaries of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega;
the Voyage of Francisco de Orellana, from the General History of Herrera;
and the Voyage of Cristoval de Acuna, from an exceedingly scarce narrative
written by himself in 1641. Edited and Translated by Clements R.
Markham, Esq.
25—Early Indications of Australia.
A Collection of Documents shewing the Early Discoveries of Australia to the
time of Captain Cook. Edited by R. H. Major, Esq., of the British
Museum, F.S.A.
26—The Embassy of Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, 1403-6.
Translated, for the first time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life
of Timour Beg. By Clements R. Markham, Esq.
27—Henry Hudson the Navigator.
The Original Documents in which his career is recorded. Collected, partly
Translated, and Annotated, with an Introduction by George Asher, LL.D.
28—The Expedition of Ursua and Aguirre,
In search of El Dorado and Omagua, A.D. 1560-61, Translated from the
“Sexta Noticia Historial” of Fray Pedro Simon, by W. Bollaert, Esq.;
with an Introduction by Clements R. Markham, Esq.
29—The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman.
Translated from a Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid, and edited,
with Notes and an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, Esq.
30—Discoveries of the World by Galvano.
From their first original unto the year of our Lord 1555. Reprinted, with the
original Portuguese text, and edited by Vice-Admiral Bethune, C.B.
31—Marvels described by Friar Jordanus,
Of the Order of Preachers, native of Severac, and Bishop of Columbum; from
a parchment manuscript of the Fourteenth Century, in Latin, the text of which
has recently been Translated and Edited by Colonel H. Yule, C.B.,
F.R.G.S., late of H.M. Bengal Engineers.
32—The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema.
In Syria, Arabia, Persia, India, etc., during the Sixteenth Century. Translated
by J. Winter Jones, Esq., F.S.A., and edited, with Notes and an Introduction,
by the Rev. George Percy Badger.
33—The Travels of Cieza de Leon in 1532-50
From the Gulf of Darien to the City of La Plata, contained in the first part of
his Chronicle of Peru (Antwerp 1554). Translated and edited, with Notes
and an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, Esq.

OTHER WORKS UNDERTAKEN BY EDITORS.

The Travels of Josafa Barbaro and Ambrogio Contarini in Tana and Persia. Translated from Ramusio by E. A. Roy, Esq., and edited, with an Introduction, by Viscount Strangford.

The Narrative of Pascual de Andagoya, containing the earliest notice of Peru. Translated and edited, with Notes, by Clements R. Markham, Esq.

The Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, by Bethencourt in 1402-25. Translated and edited by Captain J. G. Goodenough, R.N., F.R.G.S.

The Voyage of Vasco de Gama round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, now first Translated from a cotemporaneous manuscript, accompanied by other documents, forming a monograph on the life of De Gama. To be translated and edited by Richard Garnett, Esq., of the British Museum.

The Three Voyages of Sir Martin Frobisher, with a selection from his Letters now in the State Paper Office. Edited by Rear-Admiral R. Collinson, R.N., C.B.