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PURCHAS, SAMUEL (1575?-1626) , English compiler of works on travel and discovery, was born at Thaxted, Essex, and graduated at St John's College, Cambridge , in 1600; later he became B.D., with which degree he was admitted at Oxford
rector of St Martin's, Ludgate, London. He had previously spent much time in London on his geographical work
Pilgrimage ; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages (4th ed. much enlarged, 1626); in 1619 Purchas, his Pilgrim
Principal
Pilgrimage is usually catalogued as vol. v. of the Pilgrimes, but the two works are essentially distinct. Purchas died in September or October 1626, according to some in a debtors' prison. None of his works was reprinted till the Glasgow reissue of the Pilgrimes in 1905-1907. As an editor and compiler Purchas was often injudicious, careless and even unfaithful; but his collections contain much of value, and are frequently the only sources of information upon important questions affecting the history of exploration.End of Article: PURCHAS, SAMUEL (1575?-1626) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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