Hakluyt Society

21/08/2025

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. Our Society has been publishing important historical texts on travel and exploration since 1846, documenting significant accounts which further our geographical, political, economic and cultural understanding of the world and its peoples

The series editors are essential officers of the Hakluyt society. They are the link between the editor of the text (the author) and the Society. They play a crucial role in ensuring that we maintain the high standards of our texts and achieve a regular flow of publications for our readers. At the same time, the series editors need to be aware of the interests of the likely readership and to make sure that the introductory material and annotations are clear, relevant and sensitive to the historical period under discussion.This can entail a considerable amount of work, but it is a unique opportunity to engage directly with editors on interesting and important original texts and to further the work of our Society, which is a registered charity.

No specialist knowledge related to any book or subject is needed: just an intelligent and enquiring eclectic interest and a belief in accuracy and attention to detail, together with a good knowledge of British English.Anyone interested would have the opportunity to work alongside an existing series editor. This is a British Society but there is no requirement to be resident in the UK for this post; editing is by email and meetings can be attended by Zoom.

The post is voluntary. The series editors are officers of the society and work closely with the other series editors and the president. They are supported by an expert copy editor and typesetter and can draw on the expertise of the members of the Hakluyt Council.
𝗧𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗗𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲@𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁.𝗰𝗼𝗺

19/08/2025

Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2026 - submissions now welcome, closing date 31 March 2026.
For further details see:

The Hakluyt Society awards an annual essay prize of up to a total of £1,000. The competition is open to any registered or recent graduate students

08/08/2025

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06/07/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙠𝙡𝙪𝙮𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮.

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𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙣 16𝙩𝙝-𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖 by 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

https://www.hakluyt.com/downloadable_files/Journal/borges_volcano.pdf

𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮 is a near-conical volcano that comprises the entire island of 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 in Indonesia. Ternate is situated off the western shore of Halmahera island in the north of the 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀. For centuries, Ternate was a location for Portuguese and Dutch forts that played an important role in the spice trade, predominantly cloves, and the Portuguese fort is visible in this 18th century engraving of Gamalama erupting.

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼́𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮̃𝗼 (𝗰𝗮. 𝟭𝟰𝟵𝟬–𝟭𝟱𝟱𝟳), was a Portuguese soldier, chronicler and administrator in the Moluccas, and a Renaissance historian. He was the seventh Portuguese captain of the Moluccas, taking up office in October 1536, and a man fascinated by the odd and the unusual. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮̃𝗼'𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮.

Galvão was succeeded in office in October 1539 and returned to Portugal where he wrote a number of works on geography, history and ethnography, one of which was 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, published posthumously by a friend. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 later edited it into English in 1601 and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟮 as 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛
𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 1555.

23/06/2025

𝗩𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 # 𝟭𝟲
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𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙣𝙙.

in 1579, Sir Francis Drake and his crew landed on the Pacific coast of what is now Northern California. They found a protected cove where Drake claimed the area for Queen Elizabeth I, naming it Nova Albion.

The 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 has published no less than seven volumes of original descriptions of the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, all of them real page turners!
𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚, 1595, by Thomas Maynarde, together with the Spanish account of Drake’s attack on Puerto Rico. Edited, from the original manuscripts, by W. D. Cooley. 1849
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚; 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙫𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙉𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙤𝙨. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, chaplain to the expedition. Edited with Appendices illustrative of the same voyage, and introduction, by William Sandys Wright Vaux. 1854
𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚. 𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 1577-1580. Translated and Edited by Zelia Nuttall. 1914.
𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙫𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣, 1569-1580. I. Spanish Documents selected from the Archives of the Indies at Seville. II. English accounts, Sir Francis Drake revived, and others reprinted, by Irene A. Wright,1932.
𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨, 1588-1595. Documents relating to English voyages to the West Indies, from the defeat of the Armada to the last voyage of Sir Francis Drake, including Spanish documents contributed by Irene A. Wright. Edited by Kenneth R. Andrews, 1959.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚 & 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨. Edited by Kenneth R. Andrews, 1972. Transcripts or translations of documents, mainly from manuscripts and including many from the archives at Seville. With an appendix on the art of navigation in the age of Drake, by D. W. Waters.
𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚’𝙨 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙑𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚, 1585-86. Edited by Mary Frear Keeler, 1981. Documents published and unpublished, particularly journals kept aboard the ships, including the newly-discovered Leicester journal, with drawings of episodes made by the voyage’s artist.
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01/06/2025

"The Departure of the Argonauts" by Colchis Ercole de' Roberti 1480 - a rather imaginative late mediaeval ship with a remarkably elegant crew.

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24/05/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱–𝟰𝟴)

The Franklin expedition in search of a Northwest Passage through the Arctic ice departed from Britain on 19 May, 1845. 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻 commanded the 𝘌𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘴, with Fitzjames as his second-in-command, and Crozier was captain of the 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳. The ships stopped in western Greenland to take on more supplies. In late July 1845, two whaling ships spotted the 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 and 𝘌𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘴 in Baffin Bay, Canada, before the expedition crossed to Lancaster Sound. No Europeans ever saw them again.

The 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 has published two accounts of the search for Franklin and his expedition.

2/169. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚 1852-1854. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙖, 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙃.𝙈.𝙎. 𝙋𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣 Volume I Edited by John Bockstoce 1988. Pages xiv, 318 + 5 maps, 6 illustrations. In particular, concerning the encounter and relations with the local ‘Eskimos’.

2/170. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚 1852-1854. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙖, 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙃.𝙈.𝙎. 𝙋𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙧 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣 Volume II 1988. Pages vi, 319-584 + 1 map, 2 illustrations. Appendices include accounts of boat expeditions along the coast and an essay on the Inuit of south-eastern Alaska, by the ship’s surgeon, John Simpson.

3/1. 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 1855. 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩’𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧. Edited by William Barr. 1999. pp. xv + 292. 13 half tone plates. Transcripts of letters and journals from various archives relating to the Arctic expedition of James Stewart and James Anderson. With explanatory text and a critical evaluation.

From the 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆:
𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮: 𝙁𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 1845 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

https://www.hakluyt.com/journal-of-the-hakluyt-society/

𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲, 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗻 was a seasoned traveller and the second wife of Sir John Franklin. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, published for the first time, in 1850. Lady Franklin sponsored several expeditions to find her husband.

https://www.hakluyt.com/the-history-of-the-hakluyt-society/

The wreck of the 𝘌𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘴 was found in Queen Maud Gulf in 2014 and that of the 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 in Terror Bay in 2016. Both wrecks were located off King William Island. Numerous dives recovered various artifacts from the ships.

One searcher for the lost Franklin expedition, 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, entered the passage from the west, became locked in the ice for two winters, and then sledged overland to another rescue ship coming from the east, 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟰.

22/05/2025

This is the 𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙙𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚 in the Dutch East Indies, depicted in an 1842 painting by Jacob Spin. The ship was wrecked on the South Australian coast near the port town of Robe while transporting Chinese gold miners. The wreckage has recently been located. The ship’s hull structure appears to be intact beneath layers of sand.

https://www.hakluyt.com/

08/05/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Registration is now open for the joint Hakluyt Society-Linschoten Vereeniging workshop on "The Futures of Travel Editing", taking place at the Royal Asiatic Society on Friday 4 July 2025. Attendance is free of charge, and members are warmly invited to register via Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-futures-of-travel-editing-hakluyt-linschoten-workshop-tickets-1355389589749) for either in-person or online attendance (via Zoom). Places are limited, so early registration is advised.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁:

The Hakluyt Society (1846) and Linschoten-Vereeniging (1908) have long spearheaded the editing and publication of historical accounts of travel, in line with their respective missions first formulated well over a century ago. Since the late twentieth century, academic and lay interest in historical travel has both reflected and responded to political and social transformations, inviting critical scrutiny of traditional narratives and increasing calls for alternative perspectives. This changing context raises urgent questions about the future(s) of travel editing.

The one-day “Futures of Travel Editing” workshop aims to foster a broad discussion on the challenges, possibilities, and new directions in editing and publishing travelogues, in line with the core mission of the Hakluyt and Linschoten societies. It will be advertised to members of both societies as well as opened to the public. Sessions focus on new sources and methods, the specifics of editing accounts of non-Western travel, and attracting a more global and diverse set of proposals.

Download the full programme:https://www.hakluyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Futures-of-Travel-Editing_Programme-1.pdf

06/05/2025

𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

The Hakluyt Society received exceptionally high-quality submissions in the 2025 Essay Competition and thanks all entrants. We are delighted to announce this year’s results. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 £𝟭𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 ‘‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗮’. The judges commended it as ‘an excellent essay in all facets: original, bold, conceptually sharp, and written with verve and sensitivity’.

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 £𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 ‘“𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆”: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 (𝟭𝟲𝟳𝟲)’ and due to the exceptional quality of this year’s entries, the judges recommended the award of an 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘅, 𝗦𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 ‘𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 “𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼-𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰.𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝗰.𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟬’.

Many congratulations to George, Peter, and James, who have been invited to receive their awards at the Society’s AGM on 18 June 2025. Details of how to enter the Hakluyt Society Essay Prize Competition 2026 will be announced later in the year.

https://www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-society-essay-prize/

21/04/2025

𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝟯 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, Sturdy’s Castle, near Kidlington, just outside Oxford.

Talks include:

David Mearns – HMAS Sydney
Carl Bridge – First Fleet – Arthur Phillips
Andrew Lambert – HMAS Australia, Admiral von Spee and the grand strategy of global war in 1914.
James Walters – Matthew Flinders & the circumnavigation of Australia
Rob White – The Global tour of HMS Hood

In preparing his presentation, James Walters made good use of our the Hakluyt Society's two volumes, edited by Ken Morgan, on the voyage of the 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

https://www.britannia-naval-research-association.com/events/bnra-symposium-2025/

31/03/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆,14 Stephenson Way, London, within easy walking distance of Euston, Kings Cross and St Pancras stations.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗚𝗠 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟱.𝟭𝟱 𝗽𝗺 and will be followed by the 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟲.𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺.

The 2025 annual lecture will be given by 𝗭𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗮́𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 on the subject of 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Both the AGM and the Annual Lecture are open to all members.

Following the Annual Lecture, at 7 pm, there will be a reception at which members will have the opportunity of getting to know one another. Tickets (£18) for the reception must be bought in advance from the Administrator ([email protected]). Members are welcome to purchase additional tickets for guests.