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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary C. Fuller
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.08.2023
• EAN: 9780228016762
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01676-2
• Pagine: 600
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 232 mm x 42 mm
• Peso: 998 g
• Serie: McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia