Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe

Abstract

Contents: Introduction, Daniel Carey and Claire Jowitt Section I Hakluyt in Context: Hakluyt's London: discovery and overseas trade, Anthony Payne From the History of Travayle to the history of travel collections: the rise of an early modern genre, Joan-Pau Rubies. Section II Early Modern Travel Collections: A world seen through another's eyes: Hakluyt, Ramusio, and the narratives of the Navigationi e Viaggi, Margaret Small Three tales of the New World: nation, religion, and colonialism in Hakluyt, de Bry, and Hulsius, Sven Trakulhun Hakluyt in France: Pierre Bergeron and travel writing collections, Gregoire Holtz 'Honour to our nation': nationalism, The Principal Navigations and travel collections in the long 18th century, Matthew Day Richard Hakluyt and the visual world of early modern travel narratives, Peter C. Mancall. Section III Editorial Practices: '[T]ouching the state of the country of Guiana, and whether it were fit to be planted by the English': Sir Robert Cecil, Richard Hakluyt and the writing of Guiana, 1595-1612, Joyce Lorimer Richard Hakluyt's two Indias: textual sparagmos and editorial practice, Nandini Das Forming the captivity of Thomas Saunders: Hakluyt's editorial practices and their ideological effects, Julia Schleck Framing 'the English nation': reading between text and paratext in The Principal Navigations (1598-1600), Colm MacCrossan 'The strange and wonderfull discoverie of Russia': Hakluyt and censorship, Felicity Stout. Section IV Allegiances and Ideologies, Politics, Religion, Nation: 'We (upon peril of my life) shall make the Spaniards ridiculous to all Europe': Richard Hakluyt's 'discourse' of Spain, Francisco J. Borge Balance of power and freedom of the seas: Richard Hakluyt and Alberico Gentili, Diego Pirillo Richard Hakluyt and the demands of Pietas Patriae, David A. Boruchoff 'To deduce a colonie': Richard Hakluyt's Godly mission in its contexts, c.1580-1616, David Harris Sacks Hakluyt's multiple faiths, Matthew Dimmock. Section V Hakluyt: Rhetoric and Writing: 'His dark materials': the problem of dullness in Hakluyt's collections, Mary C. Fuller 'To pot straight way wee goe': Robert Baker in Guinea, 1562-64, Bernhard Klein Hakluyt, Purchas, and the romance of Virginia, Daniel Carey 'Accidentall restraints': straits and passages in Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Elizabeth Heale Hakluyt's Oceans: Maritime Rhetoric in The Principal Navigations, Steve Mentz Hakluyt's legacy: armchair travel in English Renaissance drame, Claire Jowitt. Coda: The legacy of Richard Hakluyt: reflections on the history of the Hakluyt Society, Roy Bridges Works cited Index.