Hakluyt, Richard

English translator, collector, editor and a geographer, Richard Hakluyt is best known for adventure narratives. He delivered his first lecture on geography at Oxford University. Hakluyt carried out extensive research on voyages and travels. His major works based on this detailed study include Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582), A Notable Historie Containing foure Voyages Made by Certayne French Captaynes into Florida (1587), and the translation of Virginia Richly Valued by the Description of Florida her Next Neighbour (1609).

English translator, collector, editor and a geographer, Richard Hakluyt is best known for adventure narratives. He delivered his first lecture on geography at Oxford University.