Richard Hakluyt (/ˈhæklʊt, ˈhæklət, ˈhækəlwɪt/; 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of...
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Richard Hakluyt (born by 1531 – died 1591), of the Middle Temple, London and Eyton in Leominster, Herefordshire, was an English barrister, a cousin of...
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Hakluyt may refer to: Richard Hakluyt (died 1616), English writer Richard Hakluyt (barrister) (died 1591) Thomas Hakluyt, Member of the Parliament of England...
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Hakluyt & Company is a British strategic advisory firm. The company is headquartered in London. Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British...
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open to all with an interest in its aims. The Society is named after Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels...
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Discourse Concerning Western Planting was a document written by Richard Hakluyt in 1584. This document was written to convince Queen Elizabeth I to support...
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which he designated as Cafraria. Following Leo Africanus, the works of Richard Hakluyt designate this population as "Cafars and Gawars, that is, infidels...
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cannibalism in order to survive. His travels are attested in the writings of Richard Hakluyt, who documented the ill-fated expedition. Apart from his famous journey...
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however, William's narrative seems to have dropped out of sight until Richard Hakluyt's 1599 publication. Russian poet Nikolay Zabolotskiy wrote in 1958 long...
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was by Richard Hakluyt, and was completed some time between the publication of Mare Liberum in 1609 and Hakluyt's death in 1616. However, Hakluyt's translation...
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