Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America

by Peter C. Mancall

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The most comprehensive portrait yet of Richard Hakluyt, indefatigable promoter of English colonization in America

Richard Hakluyt the younger, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, advocated the creation of English colonies in the New World at a time when the advantages of this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes in detail the life and times of Hakluyt, a trained minister who became an editor of travel accounts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:030016422X

ISBN13:9780300164220

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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16th Century Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Civilization & Culture England Ethnic & National

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