Richard Hakluyt
Richard Hakluyt (1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonisation of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America and The Principall Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation. His patrilineal ancestors were of Welsh extraction, rather than Dutch.
