Framing "Nova Albion": Marking possession in Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

MACCROSSAN, Colm (2014). Framing "Nova Albion": Marking possession in Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. SEDERI Yearbook, 24, 47-68.

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Abstract

This article examines the textual framing of a cluster of items in Richard Hakluyt’s The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1598-1600) relating to the area on the Pacific coast of North America that Francis Drake named “Nova Albion”. Contextualised in relation to the colonial programmes of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Ralegh, it explores how a variety of editorial techniques combine to encourage a particular understanding of the history of exploration in this region that privileges English territorial claims over those of Spain. What is revealed is a delicate negotiation of the tensions raised by Hakluyt’s use of pre-existing, mainly non-English materials to attempt to legitimise Drake’s actions by aligning them with the Spanish conquistadorial tradition, while at the same time down-playing the extent and significance of previous Spanish activity in that region.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Drake, Hakluyt, Nova Albion, Paratexts, Spain, Travel Writing, Conquest, California
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Humanities Research Centre
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities > Department of Humanities
Page Range:	47-68
Depositing User:	Colm Maccrossan
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2017 10:16
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 16:17
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14427

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