The voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot and their English contemporarieswere made, for the most...

In December 1606, 120 emigrants left London in three small vessels. They landed nearly five month...

Continues Second Series 15. Two further narratives, translated and edited, including one by Tor...

By the early 16th century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong m...

Chronicling, in the main, the initial (albeit abortive) attempt to establish a spice trade in the...

Translated and edited. For other selections, see Second Series 62, 71, 111. This is a new print...

The selections from Almeida, translated and edited, describe the country and its people and the j...

Translated and edited, with additional material, and introduction and notes. Enlarges on First Se...

Jeronimo Lobo was the last survivor of the small band of Jesuit Fathers who tried, with a measure...

What do we value as a political virtue? What are the core values of democracy in the modern era? ...

Volume I of Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage described the naval discovery ...

Juan Maria Schuver was born to a wealthy Amsterdam business family in the mid-19th century. Estab...