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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

And, in addition to Major’s book, we have now, thanks to the Hakluyt Society, that superb thing, the Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, by Gomez Eanes de Zurara—a work completed in 1453.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

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