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Richard Hakluyt

(1552—1616) geographer


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(c. 1552–1616),

English geographer and historian. He compiled Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation (1598), a collection of accounts of great voyages of discovery which inspired further discovery and colonization.

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Hakluyt, Richard (1552–1616)
in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration Length: 634 words
Hakluyt, Richard (c. 1552–1616)
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 37 words
Hakluyt, Richard (c. 1552–1616)
in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2) Length: 50 words
Hakluyt, Richard (?1552–1616)
in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Length: 83 words

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