'Their fruits be diverse and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos, sago, with divers other sorts...'Scholar, spy, diplomat and supreme propagandist for Elizabethan sea power, Richard Hakluyt's accounts of famed explorers mythologised a nation growing rapidly aware of the size and strangeness of the world - and determined to dominate it.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics cele...

Renaissance diplomat and part-time spy, William Hakluyt was also England's first serious geographer, gathering together a wealth of accounts about the wide-ranging travels and discoveries of the sixteenth-century English. One of the epics of this great period of expansion, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation describes, in the words of the explorers themselves, an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and s...

The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English Nation Volume 11 presents an extensive account of maritime exploration and expanding trade networks associated with English seafaring activity. The narrative gathers numerous descriptions of ocean journeys, commercial ventures, and geographic discoveries that reveal the growing ambition of a nation seeking new routes, resources, and connections across distant waters. Through collected records of expeditions and t...

"Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage" by Richard Hakluyt is a compelling collection that chronicles the various expeditions undertaken to discover a navigable route through the Arctic waters of North America. Hakluyt, a prominent geographer and historian, meticulously compiled accounts of these voyages, highlighting the challenges faced by explorers and the allure of the unknown. His work not only serves as a historical record but also reflects the spirit of adventure and the quest...

"The Discovery of Muscovy" by Richard Hakluyt is a significant work that explores the early encounters between England and Russia. Hakluyt, an influential geographer and historian, compiles various accounts of voyages and explorations that aimed to establish trade routes and diplomatic relations with Muscovy. The book not only serves as a historical document but also reflects the curiosity and ambition of the English during the age of exploration, showcasing their desire to expand their in...

If you seek the advice herein of such as make profession in cosmography, Ptolemy, the father of geography, and his eldest children, will answer by their maps with a negative, concluding most of the sea within the land, and making an end of the world northward, near the 63rd degree. The same opinion, when learning chiefly flourished, was received in the Romans' time, as by their poets' writings it may appear.Born in Herfordshire, English geographer and clergyman Richard Hakluyt devot...

In "Voyager's Tales," Richard Hakluyt presents a meticulously curated collection of narratives that explore the age of exploration. His work serves not merely as a historical anthology but as an academic endeavor that intertwines vivid storytelling with factual accounts. Hakluyt's literary style is characterized by a precise yet accessible prose, enhancing the allure of voyages undertaken by explorers and traders. The book is contextualized within the Renaissance's burgeoning curiosity abo...

"Voyager's Tales" by Richard Hakluyt is a compelling collection of narratives that chronicles the adventures of explorers and navigators during the Age of Discovery. Hakluyt, an English writer and geographer, meticulously compiled these accounts to provide insights into the diverse cultures, lands, and peoples encountered by European explorers. The tales not only serve as thrilling accounts of exploration but also reflect the broader historical context of the time, showcasing the spirit of...

The story of our first contact with Russia belongs to the days of Ivan the Terrible. The Russians are a Slavonic people, with Finnish elements to the North and Mongolian to the South, and old contact with the Swedes, from whom they are supposed to have got their name through the Finnish Ruotsi, a corruption, it is said, of the Swedish rothsmenn—rowers. Legends point also to a Scandinavian settlement in the ninth century in Northern Russia. A chief Igor, whose name is supposed to represent ...

Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is principally remembered for his efforts in promoting and supporting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1589–1600)

Richard Hakluyt (circa 1552/1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the settlement of North America by the English through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1589–1600).Hakluyt was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Between 1583 and 1588 he was chaplain and secretary to Sir Edward Stafford, Englis...

I haue thought it very requisite for thy further instruction and direction in this historie (Good Reader) to acquaint thee brieflie with the Methode and order which I haue vsed in the whole course thereof: and by the way also to let thee vnderstand by whose friendly aide in this my trauell I haue bene furthered: acknowledging that ancient speach to be no lesse true then inenious, that the offence is great, Non agnoscere per quos profeceris, not to speake of them by whom a man in his indeuo...