biography
pronunciation:
[hakloot]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1552–1616)
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| biography:
| Geographer, born in Hertfordshire, SE England, UK. He studied at Oxford, where he lectured in geography, and was ordained some time before 1580. He wrote widely on exploration and navigation, notably his Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589; 3 vols, 1598–1600). He also introduced the use of globes into English schools. Made a prebendary of Westminster in 1602, he is buried in Westminster Abbey. The Hakluyt Society was instituted in 1846. |
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