No Need to Purchase Purchas

The first edition of Purchas, his Pilgrimes; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages was published in 1613, and the work went through a convoluted series of reprints, continuations and additions. But you can have his second edition (enlarged of course) for free at the Internet Archive, or here. And the full title, which I love, for your benefit:

PVRCHAS his PILGRIMAGE.
OR
RELATIONS
OF THE WORLD
AND THE RELIGIONS
OBSERVED IN ALL AGES AND
Places discovered, from the CREATION
unto this PRESENT.


IN FOVRE PARTS.

THIS FIRST CONTAINETH a THEOLOGICALL and Geographical Historie of ASIA, AFRICA, and AMERICA, with the Ilands adiacent.

Declaring the ancient religions before the FLOVD, the
Heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all Ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall Opinions, Idols, Oracles, Temples, Priests, Fasts, Feasts, Sacrifices, and Rites Religious: Their beginnings, Proceedings, Alterations, Sects, Orders and Successions.

With briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoveries; Priuate and Publike Customes, and the Remerkable Rarities  of Nature, or humane Industrie in the Same.

The second Edition, much enlarged with Addition through the whole Worke;

by SAMVEL PVRCHAS, Minister at Eastwood in Essex.

Vnus Deuvs, vna Veritas.

London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Rose.

1614.

Online facsimile at Internet Archive:




   



"Samuel Purchas." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.*
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    2014


A no confundir con otro Samuel Purchas, del siglo XVII, autor de A Theatre of Political Flying-Insects. Nuestro primer Purchas es todo un roll model, una de esas figuras casaubónicas que han querido (noble empeño) ofrecernos la clave de todas las mitologías, contener un mundo en un libro, o contarnos la historia de todas las cosas.

Historia(s) de todo

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