Hakluyt Society

18/08/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽

Thursday 5 September 2024 10.00-16.00
At the Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
(near Euston Station)

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘

10.00 Coffee
10.30 Welcome and Introduction by the President
10.45 Making a publication proposal to the Society, by Dr Katie Parker, Administrative Editor
11.15 How the Council decides which proposals to accept, by the President
11.30 The volume editor’s experience, with comments from Professor Janet Hartley about how editors can help themselves and the series editor.
12.00 The work of the series editor, by Professor Joyce Lorimer.
12.30 Discussion of points from the morning session.
13.00 Buffet lunch.
14.00 Hakluyt Society Quiz (with questions drawn from recent volumes).
14.30 Nautical terms and related issues, by Captain Mike Barritt, Vice-President.
15.00 Sourcing images and maps for Hakluyt Society volumes, copyright.
15.15 The material basis of a text and how this might impact editing, by Dr Anthony Payne, volume editor.
15. 40 Issues raised by attendees, questions and discussion.
16.00 Close
To apply to attend this event, please follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hakluyt-society-editorial-workshop-tickets-989002221267

23/07/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.

Dr Guido van Meersbergen and Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki of the University of Warwick spoke gave their suggestions on “𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮”. Members (and non-members) are encouraged to respond to this lecture via the anonymous questionnaire.

https://www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-society-annual-lectures/

10/07/2024

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹: # 𝟭.
𝗗𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗿𝗼𝘆 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗲.

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Fitzroy's instructions were to map the East and West coasts of South America. The voyage was planned to last two years but in fact it took nearly five years, from December 1831 to October 1836. No provision was made by the Admiralty for scientific work, but Fitzroy was a fairly well-off aristocrat and independently employed Charles Darwin as Naturalist and the British landscape painter Conrad Martens as Draughtsman. While Fitzroy and the crew surveyed the coasts, islands and rivers, Darwin spent long periods ashore trekking through often extremely rough country collecting botanical, zoological, palaeontological and geological specimens. He took meticulous notes on the geology and the people he met, including the South American Indians and the tribes of Terra del Fuego, and the evidence for geological uplift and the origin of coral atolls. He famously assembled comprehensive collections of the native species of the Galapagos Islands, including the finches which led him to his theory of the origin of species by natural selection.

Darwin and Fitzroy agreed to divide their publications regarding the voyage with Fitzroy concentrating on Hydrological and Meteorological matters (Fitzroy invented scientific meteorology as well as the term "forecast" applied to weather.) while Darwin dealt with Natural History and Anthropology.

For Darwin, I strongly recommend his "𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙚" published in 1839 and revised in 1845 as "𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴". The edition with the more famous title came out in 1905.

Fitzroy published his record in two massive volumes plus an appendix in 1839, but the most accessible account is the Folio Society's 1977 compilation "𝘼 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙚" edited by David Stanbury, and composed of extracts from Fitzroy's report, Darwin's diary and the letters of various officers and crew members of the Beagle.

The 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 contains an interesting article on exactly how Darwin was selected to be Naturalist on Fitzroy's second voyage.
𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁: 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙚 1831–36 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙥 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, November 2019.https://www.hakluyt.com/downloadable_files/Journal/King.pdf

10/07/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 £𝟭𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 £𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿-𝘂𝗽 (on occasions one or both prizes may be shared between entries). The competition is open to any registered graduate student at a higher education institution (a university or equivalent) or to anyone who has been awarded a graduate degree in the past three years. If possible, the prize will be presented at the Hakluyt Society’s Annual General Meeting in London.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

https://www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-society-essay-prize/

The Essay Prize Judging Panel for 2025 is:

Dr Katie Bank, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham.
Dr Der​ek L. Elliott, Educator, Ljubljana International School, Slovenia.
Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg, University Researcher, Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Professor Claire Jowitt, School of History and Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, UK (Chair of Judging Panel).
Dr William Kynan-Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Open University.
Professor Joyce Lorimer, Professor Emerita, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Dr Bertie Mandelblatt, George S. Parker II ’51 Curator of Maps and Prints, John Carter Brown Library, USA.
Dr Sarah Tyacke, Past President, Hakluyt Society and former Keeper of Public Records.

https://www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-society-essay-prize/

09/07/2024

The first volume of Anthony Payne's information-packed bibliography of Richard Hakluyt is out and in the course of distribution free to Hakluyt Society members (published price £135 - yet another good reason to joint the Hakluyt Society!).

𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩: 𝘼 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 1580–1588 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙯 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩’𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮
By Anthony Payne

London: The Hakluyt Society, 2024. ###v + 767 pp. 36 coloured plates. ISBN 978 1916931008 £135 / $195 - 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.

https://www.hakluyt.com/richard-hakluyt-a-bibliography-1580-1588/

05/07/2024

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 1801-1803 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜 Edited by Kenneth Morgan. 2015, pp. xxiv + 416, 5 colour plates, 13 figures, 3 maps.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟯 in 𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, and of the ‘Memoir’ he wrote to accompany his journals and charts. Volume I includes a 96-page introduction and various glossaries, followed by Flinders’s journal from 25 January 1801 to 20 July 1802.

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 1801-180 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗜 Edited by Kenneth Morgan. 2015, pp. xiv + 560, 4 colour plates, 10 figures, 7 maps.
https://www.hakluyt.com/

Hundreds of guests are set to descend on Donington for the reburial of the 19th Century explorer.

16/06/2024

𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗟𝗨𝗬𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦.

The first 2024 volume, 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩, 1552-1616 by 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲, is printed and ready to deliver. 𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. Would you please login at https://members.hakluyt.com/ and add your email address and phone number. If you cannot do this, please contact [email protected] to make alternative arrangements for the delivery of your volume.

27/05/2024

𝙉𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝘼 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙎𝙚𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 - a new book by 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁. 𝗠. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁, member and 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. Published by Yale University Press, 2024.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲-𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹. Highly skilled veterans of the 18th century Pacific voyages were given front-line employment on survey work in the wars of 1793-1815 on the advice of 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀. They provided the Royal Navy with superior navigational intelligence that played a significant part in the defeat of the Napoleonic empire.

https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300273762/nelsons-pathfinders/

23/05/2024

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?

The earliest, single-masted caravels were in use off the Portuguese coast during the 13th century and had evolved considerably by the 15th century. The caravel was smaller, typically 12 to 18m long, and lighter than many other ships of that period (the carrack, for example). The addition of a 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹, a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast and running in a fore-and-aft direction, capable of taking the wind on either side, 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. Combined with a square sail, it produced an ocean-going, full-rigged ship of decisive importance to mediaeval navigation.

The caravel was the preferred vessel of early Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and English maritime explorers such as 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘂 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘀, 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗱𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝘂𝘀, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁, 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗱𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗼 and many others. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.

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12/05/2024

The 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 was the caravel sailed by 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟰𝟵𝟳 from Bristol to Newfoundland. It carried roughly 20 men.

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12/05/2024

The 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 published three volumes containing material about the Venetian explorer, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁 (Giovanni Caboto, c. 1450 – c. 1500) whose 1497 voyage to the coast of North America, commissioned by Henry VII, King of England, is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁, also an explorer, was the son of John and cartographer of this map.

𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝-𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖. 1496 𝙩𝙤 1631. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙎𝙎. 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢. Edited By Thomas Rundall, Esq. 1849. Pages 8, 4, xx, 260 + 2 maps. Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris and Foxe. The supplementary material includes the 1848 annual report.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙩 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙑𝙄𝙄. 𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝘼. 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 by R. A. Skelton. Cambridge, 1962 (1961). Pages xvi, 332 + 18 maps, 2 illustrations. Documents from English, Portuguese, and Spanish archives, transcribed or in translation, and from printed sources, relating to the Atlantic voyages out of Bristol between 1480 and 1508-9; including the voyages of John and Sebastian Cabot.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙨 (𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚, 1492-93), 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡. Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, … , President of the Hakluyt Society. 1893 (1892). Pages liv, 259, 16 + 3 maps, 1 illustration.

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on Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot's 1544 world map. His map has the Arctic Circle at the approximate latitude and two bears just south of it.
“The land is very sterile. There are in it many white bears,” a handwritten comment on the map reads.

08/05/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿" 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀.

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀' initial claim to fame was his 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟲 𝘃𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿, under the command of Sir Thomas Adams. He caught the attention of the scientific community by publishing the first Linnean descriptions of the plants and animals of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also documented many new species of birds, including the now-extinct Great Auk.

Banks' next voyage was his most famous. 𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟴, 𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁. 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿 for the voyage that circumnavigated the globe, visiting South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Java. With the help of naturalists and artists such as 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 and 𝗦𝘆𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, Banks accumulated an enormous trove of knowledge and specimens, including more than 1,000 plant species previously unknown in Europe.

𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 but difficulties with the Admiralty arose about Banks' scientific requirements on board Cook's new ship, HMS Resolution. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. Among the members of the expedition were three artists: John Cleveley Jr, James Miller and his brother John Frederick Miller. They left Gravesend on 12 July 1772, the same day as Cook started on his second voyage. Banks' scientific interests had expanded from botany and zoology to geology, especially volcanology. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗸𝗹𝗮, 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗜𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝗴𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀). After six weeks in Iceland, Banks and his crew returned to England with hundreds of illustrations and specimens recording the geology, flora and fauna of the region, as well as a collection of Icelandic manuscripts.

In 2004, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼́𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗿 talked about her work on Banks' "other" expedition when she gave the Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture ‘𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧’: 𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 1772–1820 ( 31 pages, 9 illustrations), published and distributed to members. In 2016, the Hakluyt Society published and distributed to its members Anna Agnarsdóttir's edition of 𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨, 𝙄𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 1772-1820. 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. pp. xxvi + 681, 17 colour plates, 8 figures, 3 maps.

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01/05/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 14 Stephenson Way, London, within easy walking distance of Euston, Kings Cross and St Pancras stations.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟱.𝟭𝟱 𝗽𝗺 and will be followed by the 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟲.𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺. Both the AGM and the Annual Lecture are open to all members.

Following the Annual Lecture, at 7 pm, there will be a reception at which members will have the opportunity of getting to know one another. Tickets (£18) for the reception must be bought in advance from the Administrator ([email protected]). Members are welcome to purchase additional tickets for guests.

01/05/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

The Hakluyt Society is grateful to all entrants for submitting an essay for consideration in the 2024 Essay Competition and is pleased to announce this year’s results.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 of the prize of £1250 is 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲, University of Reading, for his essay ‘𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱: 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝟭𝟲𝟭𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’. The judges commended it as ‘a model essay that was tightly written and focused revealing exciting research that added new elements to the ill-fated Hudson expedition’.

Due to the exceptional quality of this year’s entries, the judges recommended the award of 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, to 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲𝗻, Birkbeck, University of London, for ‘𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗲: 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰’ and to 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘆, University of Edinburgh, for ‘𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗰. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬–𝗰. 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭’.

Congratulations to Graham, Helen, and Samuel. Details of how to enter the Hakluyt Society Essay Prize Competition 2025 will be announced later in the year.

27/04/2024

𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸-𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲

A telescope made by the Edinburgh craftsman and telescope maker, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 (1710-1768), has been discovered in storage at Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand. The telescope dates from 1736, and similar instruments made by Short were used by 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁. 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸 on the HMS (or HMB) 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧 to observe the 1769 transit of Venus. The telescope was donated to the museum by the son of astronomer 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗴, the founder and director of Dunedin's Beverly-Begg Observatory, who died in 1965, but beyond that there is currently no information on how the telescope made its way to from Edinburgh to Dunedin. This telescope is now the oldest known telescope in New Zealand.

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25/04/2024

𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟰𝟴𝟮 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮.

This late 15th century chart was commissioned by the Cardinal Riario della Rovere, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV and patron of Michelangelo in Rome, whose coat of arms is present in three places in the map.

In the centre of the Atlantic, we see two Genoan ships, a nau and a galley, near the fictional islands of Antilla and Satanazes, and further north near Ireland, the other imaginary island of Brasil.

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23/04/2024

This set of Richard Hakluyt's 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, three volumes bound in two, sold for an incredible £𝟯𝟲𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 in 2021!

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15/04/2024

𝟱𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗱𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗼 (𝟭𝟰𝟴𝟱 - 𝟭𝟱𝟮𝟴).

Verrazzano (usually mispelled Verrazano in English) was very likely born in Tuscany to Piero Andrea di Bernardo da Verrazzano and Fiammetta Cappelli, at Castello di Verrazzano near Greve in Chianti, halfway between Florence and Sienna. Verrazzano always identified himself as Florentine despite working for the French king, Francis I, and spending most of his life in France. Some French scholars claim that Verrazzano was born in Lyon in France, the son of Alessandro di Bartolommeo da Verrazano and Giovanna Guadagni.

Francis I commissioned Verrazzano to map the East Coast of North America, and 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟱𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 which he described as “a very agreeable site located between two hills between which flowed to the sea a very great river.” The narrows between Staten Island and the Borough of Brooklyn are named after Verrazzano, as is the bridge across these narrows.

On his third trip to the New World, he visited the West Indies. Going ashore, probably on the island of Guadeloupe in 1528, he was eaten by cannibal Caribs.

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11/04/2024

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Hakluyt Society volumes are divided into "Series" of 100 volumes. (The current Series is the Third.) Here we present two very different Frenchmen whose adventures were published as part of the First Series, volumes 1 to 50, which ran from 1847 until 1873.

First, we have 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗲́𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁, who conquered the 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 in 1402 to 1404 - a story of conquest, mutiny, starvation, treachery and farce.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣, 𝙤𝙧, 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 1402, 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝘽𝙚́𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩, 𝙆𝙩., 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩, 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚̀𝙧𝙚, 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙑 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙑𝙄, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩. Translated and Edited by Richard Henry Major, … . 1872. Pages 2, [2], 2, [2], lv, 229 + 1 map, 2 illustrations.

An entirely different but no less intrepid adventurer was 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀 also known as 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲́𝘃𝗲́𝗿𝗮𝗰 (fl. 1280-ca. 1330) who travelled eastwards and spent several years in 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. In his 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙖: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩, he furnished the best account of Indian regions, products, climate, manners, customs, fauna and flora given by any European in the Middle Ages - superior even to that of 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗼.

𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙖. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙗𝙮 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨, 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, (𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙖 1330). Translated from the Latin Original, as published at Paris in 1839, in the Recueil de Voyages et de mémoires, of the Society of Geography, with the Addition of a Commentary, by Colonel Henry Yule, C.B., F.R.S.G., late of the Royal Engineers (Bengal). 1863 (1862). Pages 4, 8, iv, xvii, 68.

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31/03/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗮

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙖 (Περίπλους τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς Θαλάσσης, Períplous tē̂s Erythrâs Thalássēs), also known by its Latin name as the Periplus Maris Erythraei, a Greco-Roman periplus written in Greek that 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗱𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗹𝗳, 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is nearly unique in providing accurate insights into what the ancient Hellenic world knew about the lands around the Indian Ocean. The original text, attributed to Agatharchides of Cnidus, is no longer extant but was vary likely composed during the mid-first-century on behalf of the Ptolemaic government of Egypt. The Hakluyt Society text consists of three abridgements of unequal extent and quality by the first century BC historian Diodorus, the first century AD geographer Strabo, and the ninth century AD Patriarch of Constantinople Photius.

𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙨: 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙖. Translated and edited by Stanley M. Burstein. 1990. pp. xii + 202. 1 map.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 is fascinating and also well-documented, both from Ethiopian manuscripts and European travel narratives. The 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 has published a number of 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀, who lived there for long periods during the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the most interesting was 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗼́𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗯𝗼 who persuaded the Ethiopian 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗼𝘀 to follow Roman Catholicism rather than Coptic Christianity.

𝙋𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙋𝙖́𝙚𝙯’𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖, 1622, 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜, Edited by Isabel Boavida, Hervé Pennec & Manuel João Ramos. Translated by Christopher J. Tribe. 2011, pp. xx + [4] + 501, 16 plates, 2 maps. This was the first English translation of books 1 and 2 of the 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤́𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙙𝙖 𝙀𝙩𝙞𝙤́𝙥𝙞𝙖 by the Spanish Jesuit missionary Pedro Páez (1564-1622). It includes a Preface, 55-page Introduction, tables of weights and measurements, and a chronology of Ethiopian emperors.

𝙋𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙋𝙖́𝙚𝙯’𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖, 1622. 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗜. Edited by Isabel Boavida, Hervé Pennec & Manuel João Ramos. Translated by Christopher J. Tribe. 2011, pp. ix + 429, 1 plate. This second volume continues with books 3 and 4 of Páez’s História, followed by a historical glossary, bibliography, and index to the two volumes.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙫𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙛𝙛, 𝙆𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮, 𝙎𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙖, 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩, 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙖, 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖, 𝙉𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙖, 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮, 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 1496-1499. Translated from the German and edited with notes and an introduction by Malcolm Letts. 1946. Pages ###v, 325.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖 1593-1646. 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙚𝙡 𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙙𝙖. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙖𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙮’𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖. Translated and Edited by C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford. 1954. Pages xcviii, 267 + 5 maps, 5 illustrations. The selections from Almeida describe the country and its people and the journeys of Jesuit missionaries attempting to enter or leave Ethiopia.

𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙖 1400-1524. 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙕𝙤𝙧𝙯𝙞 𝙖𝙩 𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 1519-24. Edited by O. G. S. Crawford, C.B.E., Litt.D., F.B.A. Cambridge, 1958 (1955). Pages xxix, 232 + 22 maps, 1 illustration. Zorzi’s Italian text with translation by C. A. Ralegh Radford. Includes a gazetteer for Fra Mauro’s map.

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 Alderley (1881) revised and edited with additional material by C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford. 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜. Cambridge, 1961 (1958). Pages xvi, 321 + 8 maps, 41 illustrations. The first 88 chapters, representing the mission of Dom Rodrigo de Lima, from his landing at Massawa on the west coast of the Red Sea in April 1520 to his re-embarking there six years later, the first European embassy known to have reached the Ethiopian court and returned in safety.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 … 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗜. Cambridge, 1961 (1958). Pages vi, 323-617 + 2 maps, 8 illustrations. Chapters 89-142 of Álvares, with the narrative of the return to Portugal, a translation of a seventeenth-century Ethiopian description of Aksum, and accounts of the rock-cut churches at Lalibala and certain other matters.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙤́𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙗𝙤. Translated by. Donald M. Lockhart. From the Portuguese Text Established and Edited by M. G. Da Costa With an Introduction and Notes by C. F. Beckingham 1983. Pages ###vi, 417 + 4 maps, 9 illustrations. Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit, served in Ethiopia 1625-1634. He also describes a famous 1635-1636 shipwreck on the coast of Natal. A French summary version of his account was published in 1728 but the complete manuscript was only discovered in 1947.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814), who led the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮, then called New Holland. Flinders was involved in several voyages of discovery between 1791 and 1803, the most famous of which are the 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 and an earlier expedition during which he and George Bass confirmed that Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was an island.

While returning to Britain in 1803, Flinders was arrested by the French governor at Isle de France (Mauritius). Although Britain and France were at war, Flinders thought the scientific nature of his work would ensure safe passage, but he remained under arrest for more than six years. In captivity, he recorded details of his voyages for future publication.

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 1801-1803 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜 Edited by Kenneth Morgan. 2015, pp. xxiv + 416, 5 colour plates, 13 figures, 3 maps.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟯 in 𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, and of the ‘Memoir’ he wrote to accompany his journals and charts. Volume I includes a 96-page introduction and various glossaries, followed by Flinders’s journal from 25 January 1801 to 20 July 1802.

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙈𝙎 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 1801-180 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗜 Edited by Kenneth Morgan. 2015, pp. xiv + 560, 4 colour plates, 10 figures, 7 maps.

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