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6 unusual facts about Richard Hakluyt


Anglo-Powhatan Wars

“As early as 1585 an elder by the name of Richard Hakluyt bluntly stated the English Position for the new colony: The ends of they voyage to America are these: 1.to plant Christian religion 2.to Trafficke 3.to conquer”.

Brevis commentarius de Islandia

The Brevis commentarius de Islandia was reprinted in 1598 in Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations of the English Nation.

Monongahela culture

In 1898 the historian Richard Hakluyt reported on Native American foods of the mid-Atlantic coastal people with whom they also traded.

Morocco–Turkey relations

According to Richard Hakluyt, quoting Edmund Hogan, ruler "Abdelmelech" bears "a greater affection to our Nation than to others because of our religion, which forbids the worship of Idols".

San Juan de Ulúa

Richard Hakluyt's book, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1598–1600), claims Drake and Hawkins were on a private venture, peacefully trading with the local colonial Spaniards in violation of Spanish law, when a Spanish naval fleet arrived.

William of Rubruck

Rubruck's account was partly edited and translated into English by Richard Hakluyt in 1598-1600.


Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi

According to Richard Hakluyt, as quoted by Edmund Hogan, ruler "Abdelmelech" bears "a greater affection to our Nation than to others because of our religion, which forbids the worship of Idols".

Gaspé, Quebec

In 1600, Englishman Richard Hakluyt used the name Gaspay in his translation of Cosmosgraphie by Jean Alfonse, which became the common spelling in the early 17th century.

Nicholas of Lynn

The identification of Nicholas as the Franciscan (Minorite) friar who wrote a text called the Inventio Fortunata, allegedly describing a voyage to Greenland and beyond, was first proposed by Richard Hakluyt, the late 16th-century historian of exploration, based on information from scientist John Dee.


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