American Friends of the Hakluyt Society
A North American Hub for Maritime Studies in Collaboration with the Hakluyt Society
The Architect of English Expansion Richard Hakluyt was a major influence on what was to become the British Empire. Among the major commemorations taking place this year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), England’s…
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A long-time reader and analyst of Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation (3 vols. London: 1598-1600), Professor Mary C. Fuller(MIT) is one of the best-placed persons to offer advice on how to read this founding document of…
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This website is the electronic home of the American Friends of the Hakluyt Society. This group was founded to provide support to the London-based Hakluyt Society, which since 1846 has existed to publish and promote the history of English voyaging….
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