Richard Henry Major
Encyclopedia
Richard Henry Major was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collection of the British Museum
from 1844 until his retirement in 1880. During that time he published a number of books related to maps or documents of historical significance. From 1849 until 1858, he was the Secretary of the Hakluyt Society
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British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
from 1844 until his retirement in 1880. During that time he published a number of books related to maps or documents of historical significance. From 1849 until 1858, he was the Secretary of the Hakluyt Society
Hakluyt Society
Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society is a registered charity based in London, England, which seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material...
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Works
- Notes Upon Russia (1851)
- Early Voyages to Terra Australis (1859)
- Further Facts Relating To The Early Discovery Of Australia With Supplementary Observations On The Same Subject
- The Discovery Of Australia By The Portuguese In 1601 (1861)
- Memoir on a mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci, being the earliest map hitherto known containing the name of America
- The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, Surnamed the Navigator, and its Results (1868)
- The Voyages of the Venetian Brothers Nicolò and Antonio Zeno (1873)
- India in the Fifteenth Century