Hakluyt Society

01/10/2025

Illustrations from 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙨 (1690-1754), the second Hakluyt Society volume distributed to members in 2025.
https://www.hakluyt.com/taking-newton-on-tour/

21/09/2025

https://www.hakluyt.com/taking-newton-on-tour/

It was a pleasure to host Hakluyt Society President, Gloria Clifton, in the office. Assistant Production Editor Henry Lafferty shared with her their latest publication, Taking Newton on Tour.
Read about the new book: https://buff.ly/yt9L0UW

02/09/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙊𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙨 (1690–1754)

𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀

This volume provides a critical edition of an exceptional example of the ‘Scientific Grand Tour’ taken by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗲𝘀 1690-1754) who was 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲́𝗴𝗲́, antiquary, mathematician, and the only simultaneous president of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. 𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟯-𝟱, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, demonstrating Newtonian optics to Italian 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘴𝘪. He also measured ancient and Renaissance buildings to understand past architectural engineering and design. His 97-page illustrated diary (in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, shelfmark MS Eng. misc.c.444) also challenges the long-standing, mistaken impression among scholars that the Royal Society was in decline in the eighteenth century. Analysing Folkes’s activities abroad and creating an edition from this source tracing his Italian route provides a novel reading of Newtonianism and the purpose of the Grand Tour as a vehicle for scientific research and statesmanship.

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗹𝘂𝘆𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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