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Mapping Principal Navigations in the Levant
1Exeter College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Cultural and Social History : the Journal of the Social History Society
|November 25, 2022
Summary
Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations reveals editorial bias in its portrayal of the Anglo-Levant relationship. This study analyzes social networks and text to uncover Hakluyt's personal biases and their lasting impact.
Area of Science:
- Historical Studies
- Textual Analysis
- Social Network Analysis
Background:
- Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations is a foundational text in English exploration history.
- The work is recognized as influential but potentially biased in its depiction of the Anglo-Levant community.
- Previous scholarship has not fully explored the editorial practices influencing Hakluyt's narrative.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the editorial practices within Principal Navigations.
- To demonstrate how these practices reinforced Richard Hakluyt's personal biases.
- To analyze the long-term impact of this bias on historical perceptions of the Anglo-Levant relationship.
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of social network maps of the Anglo-Levant community.
- Textual analysis of Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations.
- Examination of editorial choices and their influence on narrative portrayal.
Main Results:
- Editorial practices in Principal Navigations demonstrably reinforced Hakluyt's personal biases.
- The text's portrayal of the Levant and eastern Mediterranean reflects these embedded biases.
- These biases have shaped subsequent historical conceptions of the late sixteenth-century English-Levant relationship.
Conclusions:
- Hakluyt's Principal Navigations is not an objective historical account but a curated narrative.
- Understanding editorial bias is crucial for accurate historical interpretation of exploration literature.
- Further research should explore alternative perspectives and underrepresented voices in this historical period.
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