Richard Hakluyt, 1552-1616, was a geographer, clergyman, translator, collector and editor of adventure narratives, and advocate for the westward expansion of English power. He edited, translated, and inspired many volumes of first-hand narratives of adventure and discovery, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation (1598–1600).