Disambiguation evidence for Samuel Purchas’s travel book Purchas, His Pilgrimage via surface form

"Purchas, His Pilgrimage"


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aim to present a Christian interpretation of global diversity
aim to survey the religions of the world
audience clergy and scholars concerned with comparative religion
audience literate English readers interested in travel
author Samuel Purchas
compilerRole Samuel Purchas’s travel book Purchas, His Pilgrimage self-linksurface differs
surface form: Samuel Purchas acted as editor and compiler
contains apologetic arguments for Christianity
contains moral reflections on travel reports
countryOfOrigin England
firstPublicationDate 1613
focus English perceptions of distant lands
focus non-European cultures
format prose
genre religious commentary
genre travel literature
historicalContext age of exploration
historicalContext early Stuart England
impact contributed to English knowledge of world geography
impact shaped early modern English ethnographic imagination
includes accounts of voyages to Africa
includes accounts of voyages to Asia
includes accounts of voyages to the Americas
includes accounts of voyages to the Middle East
includes descriptions of indigenous peoples
includes descriptions of religious rites and ceremonies
influenced English understanding of non-Christian religions
influenced English views of global exploration
instanceOf compilation of travel narratives
instanceOf early modern English prose work
instanceOf travel book
language English
medium print
period early modern period
publicationCentury 17th century
relatedWork Purchas his Pilgrimes
religiousPerspective Protestant
subject ethnography
subject geography
subject global travel narratives
subject religious customs
subject world religions
theologicalOrientation Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglican
usedSources earlier travel books
usedSources missionary accounts
usedSources travelers’ reports