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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Richard Hakluyt
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(c.1552–1616) The first historian of British exploration overseas. An interest from boyhood in travellers' tales led to the compilation of his main work – The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, published first in 1589 and then in a much expanded 3-volume edition (1598–1600).
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