Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- WILL OF SIR RICHARD HAWKINS
- DESCENDANTS OF SIR RICHARD HAWKINS
- 1 The Voyage of William Hawkins in 1530
- 2 The First Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 3 The Second Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 4 The arrival and, courtesy of Sir John Hawkins to the distressed Frenchmen in Florida
- 5 The Third Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 6 The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Kt., in his Voyage into the South Sea, A. D. 1593
- 7 A Spanish Account of the Naval Action between Sir Richard Hawkins and Don Beltran de Castro: translated from the Life of the Marquis of Cañete by Christobal Suarez de Figueroa
- 8 Journal of the Voyage under Captian Fenton (1582) kept by William Hawkins
- 9 Journal of the Voyage of the Hector, kept by Captain William Hawkins (1607)
- 10 Captain William Hawkins; his Relations of the Occurrents which happened in the time of his Residence in India, in the country of the Great Mogol
- 11 A Briefe Discourse of the Strength, Wealth, and Government, with some Customs, of the Great Mogol; by Captain William Hawkins
- INDEX
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- WILL OF SIR RICHARD HAWKINS
- DESCENDANTS OF SIR RICHARD HAWKINS
- 1 The Voyage of William Hawkins in 1530
- 2 The First Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 3 The Second Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 4 The arrival and, courtesy of Sir John Hawkins to the distressed Frenchmen in Florida
- 5 The Third Voyage of Sir John Hawkins
- 6 The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Kt., in his Voyage into the South Sea, A. D. 1593
- 7 A Spanish Account of the Naval Action between Sir Richard Hawkins and Don Beltran de Castro: translated from the Life of the Marquis of Cañete by Christobal Suarez de Figueroa
- 8 Journal of the Voyage under Captian Fenton (1582) kept by William Hawkins
- 9 Journal of the Voyage of the Hector, kept by Captain William Hawkins (1607)
- 10 Captain William Hawkins; his Relations of the Occurrents which happened in the time of his Residence in India, in the country of the Great Mogol
- 11 A Briefe Discourse of the Strength, Wealth, and Government, with some Customs, of the Great Mogol; by Captain William Hawkins
- INDEX
Summary
TheObservations of Sir Richard Hawkins in his Voyage into the South Sea was the first volume issued by the Hakluyt Society, in 1847. It was edited by Admiral C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, C.B.; and most of his valuable foot-notes in the first edition have been retained, especially those explaining old sea terms and Spanish phrases. Some of the Admiral's notes have been omitted as having become obsolete, or from other considerations. As the first edition is now out of print, it has become necessary to reproduce it. The Council decided that the present volume should be made more complete, by including the narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard's grandfather William, of his father Sir John, and of his cousin William Hawkins. It is, therefore, intended to be a monograph of the naval enterprises of the great Elizabethan navigators of the name of Hawkins.
The first of that name made three voyages to Brazil in the time of Henry VIII, and was one of our earliest naval pioneers. The second was closely connected with the history of our navy, both as a gallant commander at sea and as an able administrator on shore, during upwards of thirty eventful years.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010