Samuel Purchas

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English cleric compiler editor human travel writer

Samuel Purchas was an early 17th-century English cleric and compiler best known for his extensive collections of travel narratives and geographical writings that documented global exploration.

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Label	Occurrences
Samuel Purchas canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English cleric ⓘ compiler ⓘ editor ⓘ human ⓘ travel writer ⓘ
activeYears	early 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 1577 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1626 ⓘ
describedAs	compiler of travel narratives ⓘ documenter of global exploration ⓘ geographical writer ⓘ
educatedAt	St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
era	early modern period ⓘ
familyName	Purchas ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethnography ⓘ geography ⓘ history of exploration ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
genre	compilations ⓘ geographical literature ⓘ travel writing ⓘ
givenName	Samuel ⓘ
hasPartInBibliography	accounts of voyages to Africa ⓘ accounts of voyages to Asia ⓘ accounts of voyages to the Americas ⓘ accounts of voyages to the Arctic ⓘ collections of travel narratives ⓘ
influencedBy	Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainSubject	global exploration ⓘ voyages and travels ⓘ world geography ⓘ
notableWork	Richard Hakluyt ⓘ surface form: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ surface form: Purchas His Pilgrimage Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ surface form: Purchas His Pilgrimes
occupation	anthologist ⓘ cleric ⓘ editor ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Thaxted, Essex, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ
positionHeld	chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ vicar of Eastwood, Essex ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Purchas’s travel book Purchas, His Pilgrimage → author → Samuel Purchas ⓘ

subject surface form: Purchas, His Pilgrimage

Purchas his Pilgrimes → editor → Samuel Purchas ⓘ

Purchas his Pilgrimes → compiler → Samuel Purchas ⓘ