Routledge is pleased to be the publisher for the Hakluyt Society.
The Hakluyt Society has for its object the advancement of knowledge and education, particularly in relation to the understanding of world history. The society publishes scholarly editions of primary sources on the 'Voyages and Travels' undertaken by individuals from many parts of the globe. These address the geography, ethnology and natural history of the regions visited, covering all continents and every period over the last two thousand years. Such texts, many previously available only in manuscript or in unedited publications in languages other than English, are the essential records of the stages of inter-continental and inter-cultural encounter.
Established in 1846, the Society has to date published over 350 volumes. All editions are in English. Although a substantial number of the Society's past editions relate to British ventures, with documentary sources in English, the majority concern non-British enterprises and are based on texts in languages other than English. Material originally written in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French or Dutch has regularly appeared, material in Russian, Greek, Latin, Ethiopic, Chinese, Persian or Arabic occasionally.
All editions contain an introduction and scholarly annotation, giving both the general reader and the student a degree of assistance in understanding the material and providing guidance on the relevance of the episodes described, within the context of global development and world history. Volumes are often generously furnished with maps and contemporary illustrations.
Information about the Society may be obtained from the Administrative Assistant at the following address:
Hakluyt Society, c/o Map Library, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DG, UK
Email: [email protected]
Edited
By Clements R. Markham
May 15, 2017
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869....
Edited
By George Percy Badger
July 28, 2010
Translated from the Original Arabic and Edited, with Notes, Appendices, and an Introduction, continuing the History down to 1870. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1871....
Edited
By The Earl of Ellesmere, R.H. Major
July 28, 2010
The first part is translated from the 1688, Paris, edition; the narrative of Father Pereira's journey and the text of two letters by Father Verbiest are from the 1692, Amsterdam, edition. The supplementary material consists of the 1854 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition...
Edited
By R.H. Major
July 28, 2010
The volume contains the following accounts, edited, with an introduction: Narrative of the voyage of Abd-er-Razzak, Ambassador from Shah Rukh, A.H. 845, A.D. 1442.; The travels of Nicolò Conti in the East in the early part of the fifteenth century; The travels of Athanasius Nikitin, a native of ...
Edited
By John W. McCrindle
July 28, 2010
Translated from the Greek, and Edited, with Notes and Introduction. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1897....
Edited
By Thomas Rundall
July 28, 2010
The volume includes documents, including a description of Japan in the sixteenth century from Harleian mss. 6249, and the letters of William Adams, 1611-17, edited and annotated, and a summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco of his residence in the empire, 1608-1610...
Edited
By Henry Yule
July 28, 2010
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'. The supplementary material includes the 1863 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume ...
Edited
By Norton Shaw, Alice Wilmere
July 28, 2010
'Translated from the Original and Unpublished Manuscript, with a Biographical Notice and Notes', by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw. Text written c. 1602 (now considered an invention). The supplementary material consists of the 1858 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback ...
Edited
By Clements R. Markham
July 28, 2010
Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859....
By Lord Stanley of Alderley
July 28, 2010
Translated from the Portuguese, and edited, with notes and an introduction. For a revised edition, see Second Series 114, 115. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1881....
Edited
By Clements R. Markham
July 28, 2010
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the Text written c. 1514. The supplementary material includes the 1865 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1865....
Edited
By Thomas Rundall
July 28, 2010
This work contains 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. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1849....