Hakluyt Handbook: Volume 1

Informationen zum Autor D.B. Quinn Zusammenfassung The Hakluyt Handbook provides a reference guide to the works of the Reverend Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) and a critical evaluation of his achievements as a collector, editor, translator and author of travel literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface! C.F. Beckingham; Concordance between Hakluyt's Principal Navigations (3 vols.! 1598-1600) and Principal Navigations (12 vols.! 1903-5); Part I A Hakluyt Perspective: Hakluyt's view of British history! J.H. Parry; Richard Hakluyt! geographer! G.R. Crone; Hakluyt and the economic thought of his time! G.V. Scammell; Hakluyt's language! N.E. Osselton; Hakluyt's nautical terms! G.B.P. Naish; Hakluyt as translator! F.M. Rogers; Hakluyt's maps! R.A. Skelton; From Hakluyt to Purchas! C.R. Steele; Tudor travel literature: a brief history! G.B. Parks; Hakluyt's reputation! D.B. Quinn. Part II Hakluyt's Use of the Materials Available to Him: Northern Europe! G.D. Ramsay; Russia! J.S.G. Simmons; The Caspian! W.E.D. Allen; The Near East! North and East Africa! C.F. Beckingham; Morocco! the Saharan coast and the neighbouring Atlantic islands! P.E.H. Hair; Guinea! P.E.H. Hair; India! M.F. Strachan; The Far East! D.F. Lach; The Pacific! Helen Wallis; Latin America! K.R. Andrews; North America! D.B. Quinn; The Arctic! T.E. Armstrong. Part III From 1552 to 1616: A Hakluyt chronology! D.B. and A.M. Quinn.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Quinn, Daniel Ed. Quinn
• Collaboration: D. B. Quinn (Editeur), D.B. Quinn (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.02.2007
• EAN: 9780521086943
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08694-3
• Thèmes: Second Series / Hakluyt Societ; Hakluyt Society, Second Series; Second Series / Hakluyt Societ
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie