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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
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Edited
By Henri Cordier
July 28, 2010
This volume throws light on the medieval geography of Asia by compiling: letters and reports of missionary friars from Cathay and India (1292-1338); Pegolotti's notices of the land route to Cathay (circa 1330-1340); and John De' Marignolli's recollections of eastern travel (1338-1358)....
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By Henri Cordier
July 28, 2010
This book contains a preliminary essay on the intercourse between China and the western nations previous to the discovery of the cape route, the travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone, and Pegolotti's notices of the land route to Cathay and of Asiatic trade in the fourteenth century....
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By Henri Cordier
July 28, 2010
This volume throws light on the medieval geography of Asia by compiling Ibn Battuta's travels in Bengal and China (circa 1347) and the travels of Benedict Goes from Agra to Cathay (1602-1607)....
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By John William Blake
July 28, 2010
Follows on from First Series 86, with continuous main pagination. This volume contains documents relating to early English voyages to West Africa. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1942....
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By Malcolm Letts
July 28, 2010
Follows on with continuous main pagination from Second Series 101. The Paris text (French, with translation), the Bodleian text, and extracts from other versions. With bibliography and index. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1953....
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By E.W. Bovill
July 28, 2010
This is the first of several volumes on the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mingo Park. It begins with the travels of Friedrich Hornemann and then leaps a quarter of a century to the great journey of Alexander Gordon Laing. The travels of Lyon, Oudney, Denham and Clapperton will...
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By E.W. Bovill
July 28, 2010
This is the first of three volumes on the Bornu Mission (1822-25) which form part of a series of volumes on the exploration of the Niger. They consist of the edited text of the 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the Years 1822,1823 and 1824' by Major D. Denham, ...
Edited
By E.W. Bovill
July 28, 2010
This is the second of three volumes on the Bornu Mission (1822-25) which form part of a series of volumes on the exploration of the Niger. They consist of the edited text of the 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the Years 1822,1823 and 1824' by Major D. Denham,...
Edited
By E.W. Bovill
July 28, 2010
This is the last of three volumes on the Bornu Mission (1822-25) which form part of a series of volumes on the exploration of the Niger. They consist of the edited text of the 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the Years 1822,1823 and 1824' by Major D. Denham, ...
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By Cecil Jane
July 28, 2010
Translated and edited, with additional material, and introduction and notes. Enlarges on First Series 43 (1870). Continued in Second Series 70. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1930....
By E.G.R. Taylor, Cecil Jane
July 28, 2010
Continued from Second Series 65. Translated and edited, with additional material, and introduction and notes, and a Supplementary Introduction by E. G. R. Taylor. Enlarges on First Series 43 (1870). This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1933. Owing to ...
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By Lady Goodenough
July 28, 2010
Translated from the Catalan. The text covers 1208-85. Continued to 1328 in Second Series 50 below, with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920....