First published in 1602, Richard Carew of Antony’s survey describes Cornwall from the inside: its tin mines and stannary laws, pilchard fishing, husbandry, wrestling and hurling, the duchy and its privileges, and a parish-by-parish tour of the county. This edition adds his epistle on the excellencies of the English tongue and a short life of the author.
A classic of English topography and one of the richest windows onto Elizabethan provincial life. Download the free EPUB.