Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes; Contayning a History of the World, in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and Others

Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes; Contayning a History of the World, in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells, by Englishmen and Others is a collection of travel and discovery writings compiled by Samuel Purchas. This work continued the encyclopaedic efforts of the geographer Richard Hakluyt. Published in multiple volumes, it aimed to document the voyages and journeys of Englishmen and others, serving to inspire overseas expansion and enterprise during the Elizabethan era. While Purchas may not have possessed Hakluyt's editorial skill, his collection is often the sole source of information on significant aspects of geographical history and early exploration. The work was popular in its time and was even a favorite of Samuel Taylor Coleridge centuries later.1