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These brethren, holding much resemblance in name, nature and feature, yet differ in both the object and the subject. This being mine own in matter, though borrowed, and in form of words and method; whereas my
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In this work, intended as an overview of the diversity of God's creation from an
Anglican world-view, he presented several abbreviated travel stories he would later publish in full. The book achieved immediate popularity and went through four editions between 1613 and 1626, the year of Purchas's
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His editorial decisions as well as the commentary he added can be understood from his basic goal: to edify and educate the reader about the world, foreign culture, and morality. This should be contrasted with
Hakluyt's goal of inspiring and interesting the nation in pursuing the project of
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Pilgrimage: or Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages and Places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present.
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Helfers, James P. (1997). "The Explorer or the Pilgrim? Modern Critical Opinion and the Editorial Methods of Richard Hakluyt and Samuel Purchas".
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