Exploration accounts in translation

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Exploration accounts in translation

1Linkmeister
Muokkaaja: tammikuu 21, 2007, 1:06 pm

Looking at the tags at LT, I see that there are only a few people who collect the wonderful books The Hakluyt Society publishes. For a relatively cheap $80/year (or 40 pounds/year UK and elsewhere) you get several wonderfully-bound and dust-jacketed copies of original travel journals per year from the initial voyages of people like Sir Walter Raleigh and Frobisher. If you're interested in their titles, look at the books in my catalog tagged "hakluyt society." For further info, click the link above to go to the Society's website.

2myshelves
Muokkaaja: tammikuu 21, 2007, 5:10 pm

Thanks for the web link. Fascinating stuff!

I bought two of the Hakluyt books (used) last year. (They appear to be unshared.) I see a few more that I'd love to read.

3ironjaw
maaliskuu 30, 2015, 10:18 am

I would love to know more. Still debating whether to join. I think membership has gone up to £60 a year. How do the POD and original compare?

4timspalding
maaliskuu 30, 2015, 11:29 am

I love that series. They have a number of good ancient ones, like the Periplus of the Erythraean sea. As I recall, the Boston Athenaeum has the full run all together.

5ironjaw
maaliskuu 30, 2015, 2:52 pm

>4 timspalding: Tim do you subscribe?

6timspalding
maaliskuu 30, 2015, 3:20 pm

No. I've never subscribed to any book series. Not my style, or something.

7benjclark
huhtikuu 3, 2015, 7:00 pm

Richard Burton was a fan of the Hakluyt Society books...

8ironjaw
maaliskuu 12, 2022, 11:13 am

Interestingly, my thoughts today came upon the Hakluyt Society today. Reviving an old thread here. Anyone, feel the same or have opinions changed?