for an online (345KB) copy of "The Compleat Angler" by Issak Walton. Walton was a contemporary of SP. The Compleat Angler was published in 1653. It was quite popular and had it's third edition printed in 1661. A good analysis of the Compleat Angler is available at:
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For an idea of what fishing may have been like in 1660, check out:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext96/tcang1...
for an online (345KB) copy of "The Compleat Angler" by Issak Walton. Walton was a contemporary of SP. The Compleat Angler was published in 1653. It was quite popular and had it's third edition printed in 1661. A good analysis of the Compleat Angler is available at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext00/alcma1...