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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

In the famous old English collection of voyages, published by Hakluyt in 1598, there is printed a captured Spanish letter of the famous sea-captain, Sebastian Biscaino, on the Philippine trade.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

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