The Hakluyt Society publishes historically significant books related to travel and exploration.
Among those relating to polar exploration are:
First Series, Part I. Nos. 1 – 50 (1847 – 1873)
5. Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India. 1496 to 1631. With Selections from the early Records of the Honourable the East India Company and from MSS. in the British Museum. [Edited] By Thomas Rundall, Esq. 1849. Pages 8, 4, xx, 260 + 2 maps.
Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris and Foxe.
11. The Geography of Hudson’s Bay: Being the Remarks of Captain W. Coats, in many Voyages to that Locality, between the Years 1727 and 1751. With an Appendix containing Extracts from the Log of Capt. Middleton on his Voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage in H.M.S. “Furnace,” in 1741- 2. Edited by John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. 1852 (1851). Pages x, 147, 8.
Fuller documentation of the Middleton and related voyages to Hudson’s Bay is supplied in Second Series 177 and 181 below.
13. A true Description of three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China, undertaken by the Dutch in the Years 1594, 1595, and 1596, by Gerrit de Veer. Published at Amsterdam in the Year 1598, and in 1609 translated into English by William Phillip. Edited by Charles T. Beke, Phil.D., F.S.A. 1853. Pages 8, cxlii, 291 + 4 maps, 12 illustrations. (Revised in First Series 54 below)
18. A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland, comprising a translation from F. Martens’ Voyage to Spitzbergen: a Translation from Isaac de la Peyrère’s Histoire du Groenland: and God’s Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men in Greenland nine Months and twelve Dayes. Edited by Adam White, Esq., of the British Museum. 1855 (1856 [sic]). Pages 4, xvi, 288 + 2 maps.
27. Henry Hudson the Navigator: the Original Documents in which his Career is recorded. Collected, partly Translated, and Annotated, with an Introduction, by G. M. Asher, LL.D. 1860. Pages 4, 8, ccxviii, 292 + 2 maps.
38. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, in search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8. Reprinted from the First Edition of Hakluyt’s Voyages, with Selections from Manuscript Documents in the British Museum and State Paper Office. By Rear-Admiral Richard Collinson, C.B. 1867. Pages 4, 16, xxvi, 376 + 2 maps, 1 illustration.
50. The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno, to the Northern Seas in the XIVth Century, comprising the latest known Accounts of the Lost Colony of Greenland; and of the Northmen in America before Columbus. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Richard Henry Major, … . 1873. Pages ciii, 64 + 4 maps.
First Series, Part II. Nos. 51 – 100 (1874 – 1899)
54. The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596, by Gerrit de Veer. First Edition Edited by Charles T. Beke, Phil.D., F.S.A. 1853. Second Edition, with an Introduction, by Lieutenant Koolemans Beynen (Royal Netherlands Navy). 1876. Pages clxxiv, 289 + 2 maps, 12 illustrations. (Revised edition of 13 above)
59a. The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Albert Hastings Markham, Captain R.N., F.R.G.S., Author of “A Whaling Cruise in Baffin’s Bay,” “The Great Northern Sea,” and “Northward Ho!”. 1880 (1878). Pages xcv, 392 + 2 maps, 15 illustrations.
59b. The Map of the World, A.D. 1600, called by Shakspere “the new map, with the augmentation of the Indies”. To illustrate the Voyages of John Davis. 1880. Pages 16.
63. The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by Clements R. Markham, … . 1881 (1880). Pages lix, 192 + 8 maps, 1 illustration.
88. The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-West Passage, in 1631-32; with Narratives of the earlier North-West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, and others. Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Miller Christy, F.L.S. Volume I. 1894 (1893). Pages 3, ccxxxi, 259 + 2 maps, 2 illustrations. (Containing part of the text of North-west Fox, London, 1635)
89. The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol … . Volume II. 1894 (1893). Pages viii, 261-681 + 3 maps, 1 illustration.
91. Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan. Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Clements R. Markham, … . President of the Royal Geographical Society. 1895 (1894). Pages xxx, 401, 3, 16. The voyages of 1579-1589.
96. Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620. In Two Books. Book I.- The Danish Expeditions to Greenland in 1605, 1606, and 1607; to which is added Captain James Hall’s Voyage to Greenland in 1612. Book II.- The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson’s Bay in Search of a North-West Passage in 1619-20. Edited by C. C. A. Gosch. Book I. 1897 (1896). Pages xvi, cxvii, 205 + 10 maps.
97. Danish Arctic Expeditions … . Book II. 1897. Pages cxviii, 187 + 4 maps, 2 illustrations.
Second Series, Part I. Nos. 1 – 90 (1899 – 1944)
11. Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century, including Hessel Gerritsz. “Histoire du pays nommé Spitsberghe,” 1613, Translated into English, for the First Time, by Basil H. Soulsby, F.S.A., of the British Museum; and Jacob Segersz. van der Brugge “Journael of dagh register,” Amsterdam, 1634, Translated into English, for the First Time, by J. A. J. de Villiers, of the British Museum. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Sir W. Martin Conway, F.S.A. 1904 (1902). Pages xvi, 191, 37 + 3 maps, 3 illustrations.
28. Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan / Translated and Edited, with a Preface, Introduction and Notes, by Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., Vice-President of the Hakluyt Society. 1911. Pages xii, 288 + 12 maps.
Second Series, Part II. Nos. 91 – 190 (1945 – 2000)
91. The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas / 1819-1821 / Translated from the Russian / Edited by Frank Debenham, O.B.E., M.A., Director of the Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge. Volume I. 1945. Pages xxx, 259 + 5 maps, 24 illustrations.
92. The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen … . Volume II. 1945. Pages viii, 261-474 + 9 maps, 12 illustrations.
120. The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery under Henry VII / by James A. Williamson / with the Cartography of the Voyages by R. A. Skelton / Cambridge, 1962 (1961). Pages xvi, 332 + 18 maps, 2 illustrations.
143. To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey / The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. ‘Blossom’ 1823-8 / Edited by Barry M. Gough / Cambridge, 1973 (1972). Pages x, 272 + 5 maps, 3 illustrations.
159. The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering’s Precursor / With selected documents / [Edited] by Raymond H. Fisher / 1981. Pages xiv, 326 + 23 maps, 3 illustrations. Dezhnev was the first European to sail round the north-eastern tip of Asia.
177. Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage / 1741-1747 / Volume I / The Voyage of Christopher Middleton / 1741-1742 / Edited by William Barr and Glyndwr Williams / 1994. Pages xii, 333 + 8 maps, 3 illustrations.
181. Voyages to Hudson Bay … / Volume II / The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith / 1746-1747 / … / 1995. Pages xv, 393 + 13 maps, 7 illustrations.
Third Series. Nos. 1 – 25 (1999 – 2012)
1. Searching for Franklin / the Land Arctic Searching Expedition 1855 / James Anderson’s and James Stewart’s Expedition via the Black River. Edited by William Barr. 1999. pp. xv + 292. 13 half tone plates.
4. The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands / The Voyage of the Brig Williams, 1819-1820 and The Journal of Midshipman C.W. Poynter. Edited by R. J. Campbell. 2000. pp. xv + 248. 16 colour plates, 6 monochrome plates, 9 maps.
6. The Third Voyage of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island, 1578. Edited by James McDermott. 2001. pp. x + 268. 5 half tone plates, 1 map.
12. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger / Volume I / The Voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813. Edited by C. Ian Jackson. 2003. pp. lxi + 242. 9 monochrome illustrations, 5 maps. (See also Volumes: 20 & 21)
18. Four Travel Journals / The Americas, Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874. Edited by Herbert K. Beals, R. J. Campbell, Ann Savours, Anita McConnell & Roy Bridges. 2007, pp. x + 404, 50 plates, 8 maps.
1. The 1775 Journal of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra compiled during a Spanish survey of the north-west coast of America. Edited by Herbert K. Beals.
2. The Journal of HMS Beagle in the Strait of Magellan by Pringle Stokes, Commander RN, 1827. Edited by R. J. Campbell.
3. Journal kept by Midshipman Joseph Henry Kay during the voyage of HMS Chanticleer, 1828-31. Edited by Ann Savours and Anita McConnell.
4. Jacob Wainwright’s Diary of the Transportation of Dr Livingstone’s Body to the Coast, May 1873 to February 1874. Edited by Roy Bridges.
20. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger/ Volume II / The Voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816 / Edited by C. Ian Jackson / With an Appendix by George Huxtable. 2008, pp. xxxvii + 308, 8 plates, 3 maps.
21. The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger/ Volume III / The Voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820 / Edited by C. Ian Jackson / With an Appendix by Fred M. Walker. 2009, pp. xlii + 245, 2 plates, 3 maps, 6 line drawings