APR FEB IS~ • WORKS ISSUED BY J!)aklupt ~be ~ocittp THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS & CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TWO RICHARD HAKLUYTS SECOND SERIES No. LXXVI ISSUED FOR I935 COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY 1935 SIR WILLIAM FosTER, C. I.E., President. THE RIGHT HoN. STANLEY BALDWIN, P.C., M.P., Vice-President. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR PERcY Cox, G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., Vice-President. SIR ARNoLD WILSON, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.P., Vice- President. J. N. L. BAKER, EsQ. G. R. CRoNE, EsQ. ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM GooDENOUGH, G.C.B., M.V.O. VINCENT T. HARLOW, EsQ., D.LITT. A. R. RINKS, EsQ., C.B.E., F.R.S. T. A. JoYcE, EsQ., O.B.E. MALCOLM LETTS, EsQ., F.S.A. PROF. A. P. NEWTON, D.LIT. N. M. PENZER, EsQ. PRoF. EDGAR PRESTAGE, D.LITT. PROF. c. G. SELIGMAN, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR PERCY SYKEs, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G. PRoF. E. G. R. TAYLOR, D.Sc. S. T. SHEPPARD, EsQ. RoLAND V. VERNON, EsQ., C.B. J. A. WILLIAMSON, ESQ., D.LIT. EDWARD HEAWOOD, EsQ., Treasurer. EDWARD LYNAM, EsQ., M.R.I.A., Hon. Secretary (British Museum, W.C.). THE PRESIDENT l THE TREASURER Trustees J WILLIAM LUTLEY SCLATER THE MIDDLE TE:\lPLE AND PRECINCTS From a reproductioll of Ra!p!t ,·.JJ.:as' Plau of Lourl(JII c. 15<J2. N fld. THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS & s CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TWO H3~ RICHARD HAKLUYTS v. I C.;t. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY E. G. R. TAYLOR, D.Sc. Prqfissor of Geography Unicversity of London VOLUME I LONDON PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY I935 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY W. LEWIS, M.A., AT THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS • PREFACE T HE idea of collecting into one book the original writings of the two Richard Hakluyts was suggested to the editor of the present volumes on first reading the excellent bio graphical study of the two men written by Dr Bruner Parks in 1928.1 In the appendices to his work, Dr Parks gave careful references to all the printed and manuscript materials relating to the Hakluyts that were known to him, and these proved to be so scattered, or so rare or otherwise difficult of access, that it appeared likely that to assemble and print them in full would result in a volume of great interest and value. Moreover, the Discourse of Western Planting, the most important of the younger Hakluyt's own writings, although twice printed, is in both versions very corrupt. It has been re-transcribed from a photostat copy of the sole original manuscript. In addition to all material actually written by, or ascribable to, the two Hakluyts, all the extant letters addressed to them have been printed, since these throw considerable light on their geographical work. Both men were earnest and consistent propagandists for English colonial expansion, which they believed would promote the industrialisation of England, and hence put an end to the unemployment which unreflecting publicists ascribed to over population. Their combined writings cover a period of nearly fifty years from the critical date 1568, and coming as they do from a lawyer and a parson, may fairly be claimed as giving the views of the Elizabethan 'intellectuals ' as opposed to those of the soldiers and statesmen whose voices are more generally heard. The Editor wishes to emphasise her great debt to Dr Parks, whose preliminary labours alone made this book possible, and to acknowledge the kindly help and criticism of Sir William Foster, Mr Edward Lynam, and Dr Fulmer Mood. E. G. R. TAYLOR CHELSEA 1935 1 Richard Hakluyt and the English Voyages, Amer. Geog. Soc. Special Publication No. 10.