Richard Hakluyt

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English writer geographer human

Richard Hakluyt was a 16th-century English writer and geographer best known for compiling and promoting accounts of voyages and discoveries that encouraged English exploration and colonization.

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Label Occurrences
Richard Hakluyt canonical 2
Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes 1
Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes 1

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instanceOf English writer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
advocatedFor English maritime expansion ⓘ
establishment of English colonies in America ⓘ
almaMater Christ Church, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith English exploration of North America ⓘ
Virginia Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear c. 1552 ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1616 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork exploration history ⓘ
geography ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
genre historical narrative ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
influenced English colonization of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
early modern English navigation policy ⓘ
later geographers and travel writers ⓘ
knownFor advocating English colonization of North America ⓘ
compiling accounts of voyages and discoveries ⓘ
promoting English overseas exploration ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Richard Hakluyt NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation Anglican priest ⓘ
editor ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld chaplain to the English ambassador in Paris ⓘ
prebendary of Bristol Cathedral ⓘ
rector of Wetheringsett, Suffolk ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
wroteAbout New World exploration ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
voyages of discovery ⓘ

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Samuel Purchas → influencedBy → Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
Samuel Purchas → notableWork → Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes
Purchas his Pilgrimes → relatedWork → Richard Hakluyt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes
Purchas his Pilgrimes → relatedPerson → Richard Hakluyt ⓘ