The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1859 volume contains three accounts of the Amazon region, all translated from the Spanish and covering the century 1539-1639: The Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the Land of Cinnamon; The Voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the River of the Amazons; and the New Discovery of the Great River of the Amazons, by Cristoval de Acuna. An editorial introduction provides a context for the narratives, and an appendix lists the principal tribes of the Amazon, and the sources of this information.

In 1880, the Royal Geographical Society commissioned Sir Clements R. Markham, a noted British geographer and the Society's secretary, to write a history of its formation, and of the many expeditions it had supported since 1830, to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Published in 1881, The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society consists of twelve chapters. The first five are a condensed history of the original group of geographers who called themselves the Raleigh Club, and the events leading up to the Society's official formation. Chapters 6 and 7 recount the activities of past presidents, secretaries and leading members of the Society, with the rest of the book detailing the fascinating scientific expeditions the Society sponsored financially from the Arctic to Antarctica, the explorers who took part in them, and the various publications the Society published to advance natural science and exploration.

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continues First Series 41. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1871.

The life, describing service at sea from 1686 to 1714, was actually written by Martin's son Stephen Martin-Leake, Garter King of Arms, as an appendix to his Life of Admiral Sir John Leake, whose follower, friend, flag-captain, brother-in-law, and heir Captain Martin successively became. In appendices are printed lists of the ships of the Navy in 1685 and 1699, a summary of the strength of the Navy in 1688-98, and some letters by Martin-Leake describing a visit to Portsmouth in 1728.

The life, describing service at sea from 1686 to 1714, was actually written by Martin's son Stephen Martin-Leake, Garter King of Arms, as an appendix to his Life of Admiral Sir John Leake, whose follower, friend, flag-captain, brother-in-law, and heir Captain Martin successively became. In appendices are printed lists of the ships of the Navy in 1685 and 1699, a summary of the strength of the Navy in 1688-98, and some letters by Martin-Leake describing a visit to Portsmouth in 1728.

Includes the following accounts: Expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to the land of Cinnamon, A.D. 1539-42, translated from the 2d pt. of Garcilasso Inca de la Vega's 'Royal commentaries of Peru'; The voyage of Francisco de Orellana down the river of the Amazons, A.D. 1540-1, translated from the sixth decade of A. de Herrera's 'General history of the western Indies'; New discovery of the great river of the Amazons, by 'Father Cristobal de Acuna, A.D. 1639, translated from the Spanish edition of 1641. With a 'List of the Principal Tribes of the Valley of the Amazons'. Translated and Edited, with Notes. The supplementary material includes the 1859 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Translated from an Original and Inedited Manuscript in the National Library at Madrid; with Notes and an Introduction'. Includes accounts of travel in Europe and Peru. The supplementary material includes the 1862 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1862, with an Introduction by Clements R. Markham. 1861.

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the 1554 Antwerp edition. Continued from another source in First Series 68. The supplementary material includes the 1864 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1864.

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, from the Text written c. 1514. The supplementary material includes the 1865 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1865.

Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts, and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction. Texts include: An account of the fables and rites of the Yncas, by Cristobal de Molina, c. 1570-84,; An account of the antiquities of Peru, by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yamqui Salcamayhua [an Indian], c. 1620; A narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times, by Dr. Francis de Avila, 1608; Report by Polo de Ondegardo, c. 1560. Indexes include one of Quichua vocabulary. The supplementary material includes the 1872 and 1873 annual reports. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1873.

The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Sir Henry Middleton, Thomas Love, Nicholas Downton, and Ralph Cross. With a calendar of ships' journals of the seventeenth century and a list of ships employed by the East India Company in the same period. For a revised edition of the Lancaster voyages, see Second Series 85. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1877.

A revised edition of First Series1 above, edited, with an Introduction, along with narratives of the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins' grandfather William, of his father Sir John, and of his cousin William Hawkins, from manuscripts and printed editions. The supplementary material consists of the 1878 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1878.

Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the previous volume (First Series 60) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.

Edited, with notes and an introduction from narratives and journals by John Gatonbe, Robert Fotherby, and others, with Baffin's letters, journals, and other observations, and various treatises on the probability of a North-West Passage. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1881. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce 'The Map of Coast of Arabia and entrance to the Pendant Gulf' which appeared on p.xliii of the first edition of this volume.

Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1883.

The text is edited, with 'Annotated Indices and an Introduction'. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains 'Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar, from a 15th Century MS' which originally appeared as Volume 79(b) in the series. The two sets of directions were originally bound together but separately paginated. The first contains the text of the 1638 English translation, A learned treatise of globes by John Chilmead (but 'usually attributed to Edmund Chilmead with apparent corrections'); the title-page of the Latin original is dated 1594. The 'Sailing Directions' are edited, with an account of the MS., by James Gairdner; with a Glossary by Edward Delmar Morgan. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1889.

Contains the following items, translated with notes and an introduction: Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a 'magnificent lord' - Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici - Evidence of Alonzo de Hojeda respecting his voyage of 1499 - Account of the voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete - Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his son - Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice - Letter of naturalization in favor of Vespucci - Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as chief pilot - Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the statements of Vespucci - Evidence respecting the voyage of Pinzon and Solis - Las Casas on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis; Index. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1894.

The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.

Book III (1543-44) of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. The additional documents continue the narrative to c. 1568. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 42 and 54. Contents: Contents: Introductory note.-The war of Quito / Pedro de Cieza de Leon (LIII chapters), with notes.-Letter from the Bishop of Cuzco to the King.-Indictment of the judges against the Viceroy. Sequel [by the editor]-Letter from Carbajal to Gonzalo Pizarro.-Gasca's voyage.-Murder of the Inca Manco narrated by his son.-Mission of Figueroa to the Inca.-Note on Molina.-Index This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1913.

This forms part of the original Book II of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 31 and 54. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1918.

Concerned chiefly with Mexico and Peru. With introduction and notes. The main pagination of this and the following volume (First Series 61) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1880.

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869.

Translated, for the First Time, with Notes, a Preface, and an Introductory Life of Timour Beg. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, and including Paolo Toscanelli's sailing directions in letters to Columbus, and documents relating to Sebastian Cabot. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1893.

Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jimenez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.