The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

This twelve-volume edition of the geographical works of Richard Hakluyt (1552?–1616) was published in 1903–5.

Richard Hakluyt (Author)

9781108071352, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 April 2014

510 pages, 10 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg

Richard Hakluyt (1552?–1616) was fascinated from his earliest years by stories of strange lands and voyages of exploration. A priest by profession, he was also an indefatigable editor and translator of geographical accounts, and a propagandist for English expeditions to claim new lands, especially in the Americas. His most famous work was first published in 1589, and expanded in 1598–1600: reissued here is the twelve-volume edition prepared by the Scottish firm of James MacLehose and Sons and first published between 1903 and 1905, which included introductory essays and notes. Hakluyt's subjects range from transcriptions of personal accounts and 'ruttiers' (descriptive charts of voyages) to patriotic attacks against rival nations (especially Spain). Volume 7 contains accounts of journeys to the south and south-east (including the legendary voyage of the Welsh prince Madoc), and also gives reports of voyages by Frobisher and John Davis in search of the North-West Passage.

Catalogue of the voyages made to the south and south-east quarters, and the voyages undertaken for the finding of a northwest passage.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]