Purchas his Pilgrimes

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early modern travel collection historical source travel literature anthology

Purchas his Pilgrimes is a massive early 17th-century English compilation of travel narratives and reports about the non-European world, edited and arranged by the clergyman and geographer Samuel Purchas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern travel collection ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
travel literature anthology ⓘ
compiler Samuel Purchas ⓘ
containsMaterialFrom colonial officials ⓘ
explorers ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource early modern geographers ⓘ
documentType printed book ⓘ
editor Samuel Purchas ⓘ
editorialRoleOfSamuelPurchas selection and arrangement of narratives ⓘ
editorOccupationOfSamuelPurchas clergyman ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
genre compilation ⓘ
geographical literature ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
hasPart explorers’ reports ⓘ
merchants’ reports ⓘ
missionary accounts ⓘ
travel narratives ⓘ
historicalContext age of European overseas expansion ⓘ
early Stuart England ⓘ
influenced later collections of voyages and travels ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject colonial expansion ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
non-European world ⓘ
voyages and travels ⓘ
notableFor documentation of early English global contacts ⓘ
scale and comprehensiveness of travel accounts ⓘ
perspective Eurocentric ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
relatedPerson Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
relatedWork Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
surface form: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes
sourceType secondary compilation of primary travel accounts ⓘ
timePeriodCovered late 15th to early 17th centuries ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of colonialism ⓘ
historians of exploration ⓘ
literary scholars of travel writing ⓘ

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Samuel Purchas’s travel book Purchas, His Pilgrimage → relatedWork → Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ
subject surface form: Purchas, His Pilgrimage
Samuel Purchas → notableWork → Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purchas His Pilgrimage
Samuel Purchas → notableWork → Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purchas His Pilgrimes
A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight → firstPublishedIn → Purchas his Pilgrimes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Purchas’s Purchas His Pilgrimes