1st Edition

Richard Hakluyt and his Successors A Volume Issued to Commemorate the Centenary of the Hakluyt Society

Edited By Edward Lynam Copyright 2010

    Containing: (i) 'Richard Hakluyt, by J. A. Williamson, D.Lit.', (ii) 'Samuel Purchas, by Sir William Foster, C.I.E.' (iii) 'English Collections of Voyages and Travels 1625-1846, by G. R. Crone and R. A. Skelton', (iv) 'The Hakluyt Society. A Retrospect 1846-1946, by Sir William Foster, C.I.E.' [on the Contents page 'The Hakluyt Society, 1846-1946. A Retrospect'] (v) 'The Present and the Future [of the Society], by Edward Lynam, D. Litt.' Also a prospectus with lists of publications, select maps, and members, the Laws of the Hakluyt Society, and an 'Index to the Society's publications, 1847-1946'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1946.

    PLATES, Chap I. RICHARD HAKLUYT, Chap II. SAMUEL PURCHAS, Chap III. ENGLISH COLLECTIONS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, 1625–1846, Chap IV. THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1846–1946. A RETROSPECT, Chap V. THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE, INDEX, PROSPECTUS OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. With list of publications and maps, LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. AUGUST 1946

    Biography

    Edward Lynam