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Record Number: 17955


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?Reed by me N. Hughes 1595 ? noember?

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1595 and 31 Nov 1595

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London [?]

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

N. Hughes

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

"chirurgion"

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

elsewhere in the book, he signs his name



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Davis

Title:

The World's Hydrographical Description

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: by Thomas Dawson, 1595

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17955

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

This is an owner's inscription at the end (sig. C8v) of John Davis, The World's Hydrographical Description (1595; STC 6372), in the Huntingdon Library.,

Citation:

This is an owner's inscription at the end (sig. C8v) of John Davis, The World's Hydrographical Description (1595; STC 6372), in the Huntingdon Library., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17955, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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