Hakluyt Society

The Hakluyt Society is a registered charity based in London, England dedicated to the advancement of the understanding of world history. It is best known as a publisher of historical texts from the Age of Discovery.

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Registered charity - London, England - Age of Discovery

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Established in 1846, the society is named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616), a Welsh collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels and other documents relating to English interests overseas.

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1846 - Richard Hakluyt - Welsh - English

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The main activity of the Society is the publication of scholarly editions of primary sources on the voyages and travels undertaken by individuals from many parts of the globe. These include early accounts dealing with the geography, ethnology and natural history of the regions visited. The Society has to date published over 200 editions in some 350 volumes. All editions are published in English.

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Geography - Ethnology - Natural history

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Past Hakluyt Society editions have dealt with the following explorers: Ibn Battuta, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Cieza de León, John Cabot, Christopher Columbus, Cosmas Indicopleustes, James Cook, Vasco da Gama, Semyon Dezhnev, Francis Drake, Humphrey Gilbert, La Pérouse, Ludwig Leichhardt, Ma Huan, Olaus Magnus, and George Vancouver.

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Ibn Battuta - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen - Cieza de León - John Cabot - Christopher Columbus - Cosmas Indicopleustes - James Cook - Vasco da Gama - Semyon Dezhnev - Francis Drake - Humphrey Gilbert - La Pérouse - Ludwig Leichhardt - Ma Huan - Olaus Magnus - George Vancouver

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For an annual subscription fee, members receive volumes issued by the Society during the period of membership. Currently, two or three volumes are published each year.

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