From: Kristi De Simone
Date: 1/24/00
Time: 8:40:27 PM
Remote Name: 155.247.244.67
Kristi De Simone
Richard Hakluyt of Oxforde was a man for colonization from England on to the New World. He was a lawyer, author, and Anglican Minister. Hakluyt was devoted to recording every piece of evidence that he could to contribute to England's participation in the colonization of the New World. When crews came back from the New World to England, Hakluyt would listen to their tales of returning voyages and repeat them for a large audience. Hakluyt urged England to comfort Spain and claim the great rewards of "raysing trades" and other profits that England could have if it applied itself with willingness to colonize the New World. Hakluyt wrote, An English man 'Reasons' for conquest of America (1582), Discourse of Western Planting (1584) and Inducements to the Linking of the Voyage Intended towards Virginia (1585). All of Hakluyt books dealt with reasons why it would be beneficial for England to colonize in the New World. Hakluyt's arguments supporting colonization of the New World are that England could plant their religion, build traffic paths for trading and to conquer the land. Hakluyt suggests England should plant and increase force of religion in the Americas, to enlarge the dominions of the Queens most interests, and to make money for the country. Hakluyt also writes about the benefits of further discovering other regions such as Japan and China to develop future trading opportunities. Hakluyt writes about the New World's great soil, oils, wines, salt and other resources that will be made available to England very cheap. The main reasons Hakluyt gave to support the colonization of the America are for trade opportunities, to e mploy England's poor and all the many opportunities that may follow in colonizing the New World.