Hakluyt Society imprint: 134 books
La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo
The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan missionary plan (1617-1627)
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Pedro Fernández de Quirós was a remarkable navigator and explorer. Having sailed in 1595 as chief pilot in the ill-fated Spanish expedition to the Solomon Islands, he returned to the 'Austral Lands' - the area of the New Hebrides - in 1605 with another expedition, which is the subject of this...
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery
Volume III, Part I: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Captain James Cook’s first two voyages of exploration, in 1768-71 and 1772-75, had drawn the modern map of the South Pacific Ocean and had opened the door on the discovery of Antarctica. These expeditions were the subject of Volumes I and II of Dr J.C. Beaglehole’s edition of Cook’s Journals....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1925.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
William Bourne, of Gravesend, by trade a gunner, was a successful writer of a new type of textbook. Neither a scholar nor of gentle birth, both of which were regarded as the prerequisites of authorship in the 16th century, when the scientific books were expected to appear only in universities and...
The Voyage of Nicholas Downton to the East Indies,1614-15
As Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letters
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1939.
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
Significant in the history of Anglo-Spanish relations and of English ventures was Drake's expedition to the West Indies in 1585-86. His raids on Spanish towns on both sides of the Atlantic were aimed not only to gather treasure but to bring a military challenge to the empire of Philip II. The voyage...
The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), during his Agency in Bengal
As well as on his Voyage Out and Return Overland (1681-1687)
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The diary is transcribed, with introductory notes, etc. by R. Barlow, and illustrated by 'Copious Extracts from Unpublished Records, etc.' by Colonel Henry Yule. The volume is continued in First Series 75 and 78. The whole work contains: I. The diary, with index.--II. Notices regarding Sir William...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Translated from an Early Spanish Manuscript in the Barcelona Library, with Notes and a Preface from the Text written c. 1514. For a revised edition, see Second Series 44, 49. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1866.
Europeans in West Africa, 1540-1560
Documents to illustrate the nature and scope of Portuguese enterprise in West Africa, the abortive attempt of Castilians to create an empire there, and the early English voyages to Barbary and Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Texts dealing with Portuguese and Castilian enterprise, translated into English and edited. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 87) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1942.
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
Translated and Edited, with Notes, an Introduction and Appendices. Includes also letters of King Manuel and Girolamo Sernigi, 1499, and early seventeenth-century Portuguese accounts of da Gama's first voyage. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1898. Owing...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This volume contains Spanish official documents, depositions by prisoners, documents relating to Nuño da Silva, etc., translated and edited. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1914. Owing to technical constraints the contemporary engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake which appeared in the original edition of the book is not included.
The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Written by Gomes Eannes de Azurara
Volume I. (Chapters I-XL) With an Introduction on the Life and Writings of the Chronicler
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Contains the translation and edition of chapters 1-40 of the chronicle, continued in First Series 100. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1896.
The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant,1584-1602
With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1931.
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
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Release Date: May 15, 2017
Written 1580-90, first published at Seville in 1594, translated with notes and an introduction. The edition includes a bibliography of the Canary Islands, 1341-1907, pp. 187-203. Translation of books I-III, with facsimiles of original t.p. and colophon, of the author's: Del origen y milagros de la...