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Hakluyt Society

Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society is one of the world's most prestigious text-publication institutions, devoted to the publication of primary and subsequent narratives relating to global travel, exploration and discovery. Often available previously only in manuscript or in unedited versions in languages other than English, these texts are essential records of the initial stages of inter-continental and inter-cultural encounter. In scope, scholarship and production values, the Society maintains a prominent position in its field, and its publications, particularly the earlier volumes, remain in high demand. The Society has so far published over 200 editions in some 350 volumes, all of them in English.

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  • AGATHARCHIDES OF CNIDUS

    On the Erythraean Sea

    Translated and edited by Stanley M. Burstein. [Hakluyt Society].

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  • ALMEIDA, Manoel de

    Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646

    Being Extracts from 'The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia'. Together with Bahrey's 'History of the Galla'. Translated and edited by C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford.

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  • BARLOW, Roger

    A Brief Summe of Geographie

    Edited with an Introduction and Notes by E.G.R. Taylor.

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  • BECKINGHAM, C. F.

    The Prester John of the Indies

    A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520, written by Father Francisco Alvares. The Translation of Lord Stanley of Alderney (1881) revised and edited with additional Material.

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  • BROECKE, Pieter van den

    Pieter van den Broecke’s Journal of Voyages to Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola (1605-1612)

    Translated and edited by J.D. La Fleur.

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  • BROUGHTON, William Robert

    William Robert Broughton’s Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific, 1795-1798

    Edited by Andrew David. With an Introduction by Barry Gough.

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  • CARRE, Abbe

    The Travels of Abbe Carre in India and the Far East, 1672-1674. [Complete set]

    Translated from the manuscript Journals of his Travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett, and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. [Complete set.]

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  • COLUMBUS, Christopher

    Select Documents illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus

    Including those contained in R.H. Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus. Translated and edited with additional Material, an Introduction and Notes, by Cecil Jane. [Complete set.]

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  • DEZHNEV, Semen

    The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering’s Precursor

    With Selected Documents by Raymond H Fisher. [Hakluyt Society].

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  • DOWNTON, Nicholas

    The Voyage of Nicholas Downton to the East Indies, 1614-15

    As recorded in contemporary Narratives and Letters. Edited by Sir William Foster.

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  • FROBISHER, Martin

    The Third Voyage of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island 1578

    Edited by John McDermott.

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  • HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

    Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth

    Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996. With a complete list of the Society's Publications. Edited by R.C. Bridges and P.E.H. Hair.

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  • HARFF, Arnold von

    The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff, from Cologne through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France and Spain which he accomplished in the Years 1496 to 1499

    Translated from the German and edited with Notes and an Introduction by Malcolm Letts.

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  • HORNEMANN, Friedrich

    Missions to the Niger. Volume I. [This volume only]

    The Journal of Friedrich Hornemann's Travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the Years 1797-98 [and] The Letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing 1824-26. Edited by E.W. Bovill.

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  • JEPHSON, A.J. Mounteney

    The Diary of A.J. Mounteney Jephson

    Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889. Edited by Dorothy Middleton. With Preface, Prologue and Epilogue compiled by the Editor in Collaboration with Maurice Denham Jephson.

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  • JOBSON, Richard

    The Discovery of River Gambra (1623)

    Edited, with additional Material, by David P. Gamble and P.E.H. Hair.

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  • LEICHHARDT, F.W. Ludwig

    The Letters of F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt

    Collected and newly translated by M. Aurousseau. [Complete set.]

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  • LOBO, Jeronimo

    The Itinerario of Jeronimo Lobo

    Translated by Donald M. Lockhart from the Portuguese text extablished and edited by M.G. Da Costa. With an Introduction and Notes by C.F. Beckingham.

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  • MADOX, Richard

    An Elizabethan in 1582

    The Diary of Richard Madox. Edited by Elizabeth Story Donno.

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  • MAGUIRE, Rochfort

    The Journal of Rochfort Maguire, 1852-1854

    Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS PLOVER in the Search for Sir John Franklin. Edited by John Bockstoce.

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  • MALASPINA, Alessandro

    The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794: Cadiz to Panama

    The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Edited by David Andrew, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Carlos Nove and Glyndwr Williams. Introduction by Donald C. Cutter.

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  • MORTOFT, Francis

    Francis Mortoft: his Book

    Being his Travels through France and Italy 1658-1659. Edited by Malcolm Letts.

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  • NAVARRETE, Domingo

    The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-86. Volumes I and II

    Edited from Manuscript and Printed Sources by J.S. Cummins. [Hakluyt Society].

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  • NEWFOUNDLAND

    Newfoundland Discovered

    English Attempts at Colonisation, 1610-1630. Edited by Gillian T. Cell.

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  • NORTHWEST PASSAGE.

    Voyages to Hudson’s Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747

    Edited by William Barr and Glyndwr Williams. [Complete set.]

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