Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth

This volume celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Hakluyt Society. It contains a survey of the 200+ scholarly editions of `voyages and travels' published by the Society, followed by a series of biographical essays on important figures in the Society's history: Desborough Cooley, R.H. Major, Clements Markham, Henry Yule, William Foster, R.A. Skelton and Esmond de Beer.Includes list of Hakluyt Society publications 1847-1995.