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Hakluyt

American  
[hak-lit] / ˈhæk lɪt /

noun

  1. Richard, 1552?–1616, English geographer and editor of explorers' narratives.


Hakluyt British  
/ ˈhækluːt /

noun

  1. Richard. ?1552–1616, English geographer, who compiled The Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Andrew Exum is a contributing writer at the Atlantic and a partner at Hakluyt & Company, a management consultancy.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2023

The books, by English writer Richard Hakluyt, were only expected to sell for between £3,000 and £5,000.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2021

De Veer’s book felt as fresh as ever when Britain’s Hakluyt Society published a new translation in 1853 and again in 1876.

From New York Times Jan. 8, 2021

Most of their writings were compiled at the time by English historian Richard Hakluyt.

From Washington Times Aug. 22, 2020

Note to pp. 228-229.—See pages 249-251 of The Travels of Ludovico de Varthema, Hakluyt Society, and notes, also Mr. R. Major's able Introduction to the Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte

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