Touring in 1600

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Excerpt from Touring in 1600: A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of EducationBut thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, nor jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commod ity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was Light, to have Light (i say), of the growth of all parts of the world we have twelve that sail into foreign countries, who bring us the books, and abstracts and patterns of experiments of all other parts. These we call Merchants of Light. F. Bacon (i 56i - I6a6), New Atlantis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.