T. RICHARDS, PRINTER, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.
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MAPIllustrative of the Travels ofJohann Schiltberger1394-1427byCommander J. Buchan Telfer. R N.Names between hooks are not employed by Schiltberger.
The Hakluyt Society.
REPORT FOR 1879.
The Council of the Hakluyt Society have pleasure in being able to report to the Members that their numbers are increasing, and that the funds are in a satisfactory state. The number of effective Members of the Society is now 240.
The attention of the Council has been given to an arrangement which will facilitate the completion of sets of volumes by old Members, and the acquisition of back volumes which they may desire to possess by new Members who may not wish to purchase complete sets. The whole series can now be purchased at the rate of 8s. 6d. a volume; namely, for £24 4s. 6d., the price increasing at the rate of 8s. 6d. as each new volume is added. The same rule applies when a Member requires any portion of the series equal to, or exceeding, a quarter of the whole number of volumes. When a Member requires a single back volume, or any number less than a quarter of the whole series, he may, with the consent of the Council, be supplied at the rate of 10s. each volume.
Since the last Report the following volume has been issued to Members:—
The Hawkins’ Voyages, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I.Edited, with an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S.
And the following volume is nearly ready for issue:—
The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, from his Capture at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396,
to his Escape and Return to Europe in 1427.Translated and edited by Commander Buchan Telfer, R.N.
Three volumes are in the hands of the printer, namely:—
The Third Volume of the Commentaries of Afonso Dalboquerque.Translated and edited by Walter de Gray Birch, Esq.
The Voyages of John Davis, and his Works on Navigation.Edited by Captain A. H. Markham, R.N.
The Natural History of the Western Indies, by Father Joachim Acosta.Edited by Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S.
Besides the above volumes, which will meet the just demands of the Fellows up to the end of the present year, several other works have been undertaken by editors.
These are:—
Rosmital’s Embassy to England, Spain, etc., in 1466.Edited by R. E. Graves, Esq.
The Journal of the Pilot Gallego, and other Documents relating to the Voyages of Mendaña.Translated and edited by W. A. Tyssen Amherst, Esq.
Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia in 1520, by Father Francisco Alvarez.Translated and edited by Lord Stanley of Alderley.
A Manuscript History of Bermuda in the British Museum(Sloane, 750). Edited by Lieutenant-General Sir J. Henry Lefroy, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Voyages of Jan Huigen van Linschoten to the East Indies.Edited by Arthur Burnell, Esq., Phil.D.
The Journal of the Jesuit Desideri, during his Mission to Tibet; from the original Manuscript. To be translated and edited by C. E. D. Black, Esq.
The following six Members retire from the Council:—
E. A. Bond, Esq.Admiral Sir Richard Collinson, K.C.B.Augustus W. Franks, Esq.W. E. Frere, Esq., C.M.G.J. Winter Jones, Esq.Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart.
Of these the three first are recommended for re-election, and the names of the following are proposed for election:—
The Earl of Ducie, F.R.S.E. H. Bunbury, Esq.Major-General Sir H. Thuillier, C.S.I., F.R.S.
Statement of the Accounts of the Society from May 1877, to June 1879.
£
d.
£
s.
d.
Balance left at the Bankers (May 1877)
654
15
0
Mr. Richards for printing
337
10
6
Received by Bankers, May 1877, to June 1879
620
2
6
Messrs. Wyman
15
19
0
Mr. Quaritch for a copy of Acosta
5
0
0
Signor de Gubernatis for the manuscript of Desideri
40
0
0
Mr. Coote for transcriptions
10
4
7
Mr. Muller for the Barents map
10
0
0
Petty cash
10
0
0
Cheque books
0
4
6
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428
18
7
Balance at the Bankers
851
18
11
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£1280
17
6
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