Writing Tudor Exploration: Richard Eden and West Africa

by Matthew Dimmock

Richard Eden's Decades has long been recognised as a landmark in the translation and circulation of information concerning the Americas in England. What is often overlooked in Eden's book is the presence of the first two Tudor voyage accounts to have been committed to print, assembled in haste and added late in the printing process. Both concern English commercial ventures to the West African coast, undertaken despite vehement Portuguese protests...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009045857
• ISBN13: 9781009045858
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"