Hakluyt’s Voyages – understated epic of an island nation

Hakluyt’s Voyages – understated epic of an island nation Richard Hakluyt’s Voyages (1) was once standard reading for British schoolboys, but has now sadly fallen into desuetude. Sadly, because it provides an intimate and entrancing record of the Elizabethan age of exploration, an age which helped to shape England’s self-image – Froude called it “the… Continue reading