1611 in Literature - New Books

New Books

  • Jacques Bongars - Gesta Dei per Francos
  • Thomas Coryat - Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c
  • John Donne - An Anatomy of the World
  • King James Version of the Bible
  • Samuel Rowlands - The Knave of Clubs
  • John Speed:
    • The History of Great Britain
    • The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (map atlas)

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