Hakluyt Society. Recent and forthcoming publications. Titles in preparation

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Recently issued and forthcoming publications



THIRD SERIES 22: Andrew David (ed.): William Robert Broughton's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific, 1795-1798. Distributed to members in October 2010.

THIRD SERIES 23 & 24: Isabel Boavida, Hervé Pennec & Manuel João Ramos (eds): Pedro Paez's History of Ethiopia, 1622. An annotated English translation by Christopher Tribe of the História da Etiópia by the Spanish Jesuit missionary priest Pedro Páez (Pêro Pais), 1564-1622, who worked in the Portuguese missions, first in India and then in Ethiopia. Two volumes, distributed to members in December 2011 to January 2012.


THIRD SERIES 25: Derek Massarella (ed.) & J. F. Moran (trans.): Japanese Travellers in Sixteenth-Century Europe: A Dialogue Concerning the Mission of the Japanese Ambassadors to the Roman Curia (1590). Distributed to members in December 2012.

Titles in preparation for publication

The following are in an advanced state of preparation. Titles listed here are provisional working titles only.

Russian California. Edited by James Gibson. 3 vols. The Society apologises for the delay in this long-awaited, monumental work on account of immense editorial difficulties.

The Iceland Journals and Correspondence of Joseph Banks, 1772-1820. Edited by Anna Agnarsdóttir. Publication anticipated in 2013.

The Commentaries of Don Garcia de Silva y Figueroa. Edited by George Souza & Jeff Turley. Publication anticipated in 2013.

Afanasii Nikitin, Voyage over Three Seas. A Russian Merchant's Account of a Voyage to India in 1466-1472. Edited by A. V. Postnikov. This fairly modest text will probably appear as an article in the Journal of the Hakluyt Society.

Australia Circumnavigated: The Journal of HMS Investigator, 1801-1803. Edited by Kenneth Morgan. Publication anticipated in 2014.

Titles in progress

The following have been accepted for publication by the Society at a future date.

The Journal of Captain Bartholomew Sharpe, Buccaneer, 1680-1682. Edited by James Kelly.

English Trade and Privateering in the Eastern Mediterranean in the late Seventeenth Century: The 'journall' of the Voyage of the Levant Company Merchantman Blackham to Istanbul and Izmir, 1696-1698. Edited by Colin Heywood.

John Narbrough: Journal of a Voyage to the Strait of Magellan. Edited by Capt. Richard Campbell. Following the acquisition of Narbrough's important journal by the British Library, the Society intends to publish this as a 'special edition' which will include a facsimile of the original in parallel with a readable transcription of the text.

Bibliography of Richard Hakluyt, 1552-1616. Edited by Anthony Payne.

Voyage of Diego Flores de Valdés to the South Atlantic 1581-84. Edited by Carla Phillips.

Renaissance Methods for Travel 1570-1633. Edited by Joan-Pau Rubiés.

Grant’s Walk Across Africa 1860-63. Edited by Roy Bridges.

Thomas Birch Freeman, 'Reminiscences and incidents of travels and historical and political sketches in the Gold Coast and countries bordering…’ Edited by David Killingray.

Journal of John Saris on the Clove 1611-12 (British East India Company's 8th voyage). Edited by Richmond Barbour.

A Scientific, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour: John (Fiott) Lee in Ireland, England and Wales, 1806–07. Edited by Angela Byrne.

The World of Sir William Trumbull in Constantinople 1687-1692. Edited by John-Paul Ghobrial.


This page updated 15 December 2012