Richard Hakluyt

Richard Hakluyt (pronounced /ˈhæklʊt/, /ˈhæklət/, or /ˈhækəlwɪt/) (c. 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is famous for his efforts in promoting the settlement of North America by the English through his works. His most important books are Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1598–1600).

Richard Hakluyt
Hakluyt depicted in stained glass in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral – Charles Eamer Kempe, c. 1905.
Born	c. 1552 or 1553 Hereford, Herefordshire; or London, England
Died	23 November 1616(1616-11-23) (aged 64) London, England
Occupation	Author, editor and translator
Nationality	English
Period	1580–1609
Subject	Exploration; geography; travel
Signature

Works

The first page of volume 1 of the expanded edition of Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1598)

• Hakluyt, Richard (1582). Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America and the Ilands Adjacent unto the Same, Made First of All by Our Englishmen and Afterwards by the Frenchmen and Britons: With Two Mappes Annexed Hereunto. London: [Thomas Dawson] for T. Woodcocke. Quarto. Reprint:
  • Hakluyt, Richard (1850). John Winter Jones (ed.). Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent (Hakluyt Society; 1st Ser., no. 7). London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 0665375387.

Richard Hakluyt Media

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  The library of Christ Church, Oxford, by an unknown artist, from Rudolph Ackermann's History of Oxford (1813)

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  The Norman chapter house of Bristol Cathedral (engraving 1882). Hakluyt was a member of the chapter.

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  A 1910 memorial tablet to Hakluyt in Bristol Cathedral

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  The title page of the first edition of Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589)

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  A manuscript signature of Hakluyt from the front flyleaf of the above work

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  Modern memorial to Richard Hakluyt in the chancel of All Saints' Church, Wetheringsett, Suffolk

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  The seal of the Virginia Company of London

References

• Hakluyt, Richard; Henry Morley (1880s). Voyager's Tales, from the Collections of Richard Hakluyt. London: Cassell & Co.
• Jones, John Winter, "Introduction" of Hakluyt, Richard; John Winter Jones (1850). Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent (Hakluyt Society; 1st Ser., no. 7). London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 0665375387.
• McHenry, Patrick (2004-11-02). "Richard Hakluyt". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-04-21.

Further reading

• O'Toole, Fintan (2007-03-10). Virgin territories (review of Peter C. Mancall's Hakluyt's Promise). The Guardian (Review). http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2030463,00.html. 
• Porter, Henry (2007-04-08). America's debt to a forgotten hero: As the 400th anniversary of Jamestown nears, its spiritual father is being unjustly ignored. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2052443,00.html. 
• Bridges, Roy (2007-04-15). Your letters: Hakluyt has not been forgotten. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,2057434,00.html. 

Other websites

• Official website of the Hakluyt Society
• McHenry, Patrick (2004-11-02). "Richard Hakluyt". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
• "Richard Hakluyt", § 13 in pt. IV ("The Literature of the Sea") of vol. IV of Ward, A W (1907–1921). W P Trent (ed.). The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. New York, N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
• Westfall, Richard S. (1995). "Hakluyt, Richard". The Galileo Project. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
• Works by Richard Hakluyt at Google Books
• Works by Richard Hakluyt at Internet Archive
• Works by Richard Hakluyt at Project Gutenberg