Lines Drawn Across the Globe: Reading Richard Hakluyt's "Principal Navigations" Volume 90

Around 1600, Richard Hakluyt sought to honour his nation by publishing a compilation of every document he could find relating to English voyages beyond Europe's boundaries. In a dazzling account of an editorial project seminal to England's encounter with the world and the nation's idea of itself, Fuller unlocks Hakluyt's work for modern readers.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mary C. Fuller is professor of literature and faculty chair-elect at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Zusammenfassung

Around 1600, Richard Hakluyt sought to honour his nation by publishing a compilation of every document he could find relating to English voyages beyond Europe’s boundaries. In a dazzling account of an editorial project seminal to England’s encounter with the world and the nation’s idea of itself, Fuller unlocks Hakluyt’s work for modern readers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary C. Fuller
• Verlag: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.08.2023
• EAN: 9780228016762
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01676-2
• Seiten: 600
• Abmessung: 160 mm x 232 mm x 42 mm
• Gewicht: 998 g
• Serien: McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges