Vol. 12 (2023): The Circulation of Cosmographical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Part Two - Case Studies

Assembling a Cosmography: The Divers Voyages of Richard Hakluyt

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  • Anthony Payne
Anthony Payne
University of East Anglia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jems-2279-7149-14385

Published 2023-03-19

Keywords

  • Book History,
  • Cosmography,
  • Geography,
  • Hakluyt,
  • Religion

How to Cite

Payne, A. (2023). Assembling a Cosmography: The Divers Voyages of Richard Hakluyt . Journal of Early Modern Studies, 12. https://doi.org/10.36253/jems-2279-7149-14385

Copyright (c) 2023 Anthony Payne

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Abstract

The article explores the sources from which Richard Hakluyt assembled his Divers Voyages (1582) and the circumstances of the book’s publication. It then places Hakluyt’s work in the context of his religious cosmography and his belief that histories of the discovery of the world should be those of eyewitnesses and unmediated, contrary to the practice of certain other cosmographers.

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