1553-1616. English geographer whose chief
work is The Principal Navigations, Voyages
and Discoveries of the English Nation
1598-1600. He was assisted by Sir Walter
Raleigh. He lectured on cartography at
Oxford, became geographical adviser to the
East India Company, and was an original
member of the Virginia Company. The Hakluyt
Society, established in 1846, published later
accounts of exploration.