The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of lish Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I.‪,‬

The first widely read compendium of travel narratives was that of Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589–1600), which, with its accounts of the travels of Raleigh, Drake, Gilbert, Cavendish and others, set out to celebrate and anticipate national achievements ...