Geographical discovery and exploration books

Hakluyt Society Bibliography

The Hakluyt Society Bibliography:
a resource for geographical discovery & exploration books

Geographical discovery & exploration books

 

First published (to the year 1995) in Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth: Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society, edited by R. C. Bridges and P. E. H. Hair, Hakluyt Society, 1996. Updated to the present by R. C. Bridges & R. J. Howgego

The different Series are located on separate pages. The divisions into Part I and Part II have been introduced solely to reduce page size and have no bibliographical significance.

Explanation of the list

An introduction to the Hakluyt Society’s publications, an outline of previous lists and the bibliographical conventions applied in compiling the current list are given here.

First Series, Part I
This section contains the first part of the First Series publications, Nos. 1 – 50 (1847 – 1873).

First Series, Part II
This section contains the second part of the First Series publications, Nos. 51 – 100 (1874 – 1899).

Second Series, Part I
This section contains the first part of the Second Series publications, Nos. 1 – 90 (1899 – 1944).

Second Series, Part II
This section contains the second part of the Second Series publications, Nos. 91 – 190 (1945 – 2000).

Third Series
This section contains the Third Series publications, Nos. 1 – 22 (1999 – present).

Extra Series
This section lists all volumes in the Extra Series, as well as Occasional Booklets and Talks in Annual Reports.