This page is intended to provide visitors to the Hakluyt Society website with links to other sites where high quality, scholarly and academic research material may be found. In addition, it includes sites which provide up-to-date news of forthcoming events, conferences and exhibitions relating to the history of exploration and navigation. Whilst no listing of this type could ever claim to be complete, new sites coming online almost daily, every attempt will be made to keep abreast of those which provide the more valuable research resources. Recently notified websites will be placed temporarily at the top of this page to bring readers' attention to them. If any reader would like to suggest further additions to this page, would they please contact the website administrator, Ray Howgego, by email at
An exceptionally informative and attractively illustrated website written by Bob Graham. In it he evaluates the position of Nova Albion based on a comprehensive appraisal of the accuracy of Drake's navigational instruments and the ephemerides available at the time. Bob has also made his research available as a 27-page pdf download.
The Society for Nautical Research was founded in 1910 to encourage research into matters relating to seafaring and shipbuilding in all ages all over the world, into the language and customs of the sea, and into other subjects of nautical interest. Since then the Society has flourished and plays an important role in both the curating of objects of historical interest and the study of nautical matters. Membership is open to all who share an enthusiasm for maritime history.
The Navy Records Society publishes original documents on the Royal Navy, providing a valuable source for serving officers, scholars and all those interested in British naval history and the development of naval power generally. Over the past 100 years the Society's publications have included more than 150 volumes of documents, many of them rare or hard to find, ranging from the fourteenth century to the Second World War and beyond. Membership of the Society is open to anyone interested in the history of the Royal Navy.
One of the world's greatest scientists, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) has fascinated and inspired countless scholars for more than three centuries. During his lifetime he revolutionised man's understanding of nature and set the standards for future scientists; standards that are as pertinent today as they were then. He was to inspire seventeen of his scholars to travel to distant corners of the world to document local nature and culture. Travelling alone or with expeditions across land and sea, they visited every continent.
This very important article, written by Evan T. Jones of the University of Bristol, evaluates and attempts to reassemble the work of Dr Alwyn Ruddock who, when she died in December 2005, ordered the destruction of all her research. Dr Jones's article, published recently in Historical Research and now freely available in the public domain, will be essential reading for all Cabot devotees, whether or not one agrees with Ruddock's conclusions. Dr Jones welcomes feedback, particularly if it can shed more light on Ruddock's work.
The Spanish Geographical Society was founded in 1997 to promote an interest in geography and travel and to encourage the study of Spanish exploration. In its short history it has become a thriving society of more than a thousand members, publishing several books and a regular four-monthly Boletin. The society's attractive and dynamic website, especially its Galería de Exploradores which is devoted entirely to journeys of exploration, will be of considerable interest to members of the Hakluyt Society. The text is Spanish, but an English translation is in progress and available for a number of articles.
This extremely attractive and highly informative website, directed by Professor Miguel Bordini and edited by Isabel Garrido, is based in Viedma and dedicated to the history of Argentine Patagonia. The site includes early maps and photographs from this most interesting part of the world. Text in Spanish.
The Hakluyt Society's sister organisation in the Netherlands. The Linschoten Society, founded in 1908, has published more than a hundred edited journals of travel and navigation. The site includes details of membership and recent publications.
Probably the most comprehensive link list on the Internet for sites devoted to voyages of discovery and exploration. The site, which is maintained by Andre Engels, is intelligently sorted by period and region, with numerous user-friendly subheadings. A valuable discussion group is related to the site.
Based in the United States but with members worldwide, this is one of the very few societies devoted entirely to the history of travel and exploration. The site includes details of the annual prize essay contest open to all students, society membership and a bibliography of all articles published in Terrae Incognitae, the society's journal.
The Hakluyt Society's sister organisation in Canada. Founded in 1905 by Sir Edmund Walker, the Champlain Society has published nearly a hundred of the most important volumes in Canadian history. Members receive a major scholarly work of Canadian history approximately once a year.
This site contains a wealth of information and links related to James Cook together with information on how to join the Society and on its quarterly publication, "Cook's Log".
Information on all aspects of the work of the Royal Geographical Society, one of the largest learned societies devoted to geographical science. The entire library catalogue and archive collection is now fully searchable.
A sophisticated and well-indexed site covering every aspect of the Museum's extensive facilities, including its library, manuscript collection, and prints and drawings collection.
The information gateway to high-quality maritime resources on the Internet. An superb catalogue of annotated maritime links accessed via a search interface. Maritime events list, the Museum's on-line journal, information on the Museum's collections and publications, University courses, research resources.
An extremely comprehensive list of maritime history links and a valuable digest, indexed by subject, of material transcribed from early books on maritime subjects. Maintained by Lars Bruzelius.
This attractive site tells the story of the original voyage of Australia's first known European visitor, the Dutch ship Duyfken ("little Dove") in 1606, and keeps you up to date with the progress on the full-scale replica as she is built and tested at Freemantle, Australia.
Systematically arranged list of links on many maritime subjects, including ships, navigation, books and libraries, and maritime history maintained by Peter McCraken, Reference Librarian of the Joyner Library, East Carolina University.
Brown University – Online resources on discoveries and mapping are under continuous development.
The Bibliophile Bookbase lists over three million rare, used and out of print books for sale by independent booksellers world wide. A vast range of books related to exploration are listed, often including long out of print Hakluyt Society publications.
Maggs Bros. Ltd., established in 1853, is one of the world's largest antiquarian booksellers. Our travel department has one of the world's finest stocks of material relating to the Pacific & Australasia, the Near & Middle East (including the Ottoman Empire), the Arctic & Antarctic, the Far East, Africa, the Americas, India & Central Asia. The stock includes not only printed books and manuscripts but also prints, paintings, maps and photographic material. We always keep Hakluyt and the voyages of Captain Cook in stock.
Up-to-date listing of dates, details and links for forthcoming Symposia, Meetings, Map Fairs and other events of interest to cartographers and map collectors world wide. Maintained by John Docktor.
Site complementary to the above, listing dates and events for exhibitions. Once again, if you are holding an exhibition, please let John Doktor know about it.
Early maps, old maps or historical maps (i.e. the history of cartography), and the activities associated with them, form the subject of these incredibly comprehensive pages compiled by Tony Campbell, retired Map Librarian, British Library.
This society promotes the professional trade in antiquarian, collectible maps and related books. Much to interest map collectors including a useful bibliography on the subject of cartography, plus hundreds of rare maps for sale.
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