In this document, dated August 20, 1612, Richard Hakluyt (the younger) provides his last will and testament.
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Author: Richard Hakluyt
(the younger)
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“All the knowen Seas”; an excerpt from The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation by Richard Hakluyt (the younger) (1589)
In this excerpt from the opening pages of The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589), Richard Hakluyt (the younger) tells how his cousin, Richard Hakluyt (the elder), spurred his interest in geography, why his collection of narratives is important to the development of England, and the many delays he suffered in preparing his volume.
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Will of Richard Hakluyt (the elder) (September 13, 1587)
In this document, dated September 13, 1587, Richard Hakluyt (the elder) provides his last will and testament.
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Hakluyt, “For that these men, schooled in the house of adversitie, are drawen to a degree higher in excellencye, and may be employed to greate uses in this purposed voyadge”; an excerpt from Discourse on Western Planting by Richard (the younger) (1584)
In these excerpts from the twenty-first chapter of Discourse on Western Planting, Richard Hakluyt (the younger) details the preparations necessary for the successful colonization of America. The manuscript was originally prepared in 1584 at the request of Sir Walter Raleigh for Queen Elizabeth I and her advisers only. It was not published until the nineteenth century.
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“The people of America crye oute unto us”; an excerpt from Discourse on Western Planting by Richard Hakluyt (the younger) (1584)
In these excerpts from the first three chapters of Discourse on Western Planting, Richard Hakluyt (the younger) argues why England should compete with Spain in colonizing the America. Specifically, he makes the case for converting the Indians to Christianity, and suggests that without colonies, England’s economy is at a disadvantage. The manuscript was originally prepared in 1584 at the request of Sir Walter Raleigh for Queen Elizabeth I and her advisers only. It was not published until the nineteenth century. Some spelling has been modernized.
