Description: Around 1600, Richard Hakluyt sought to honour his nation by publishing a compilation of every document he could find relating to English voyages beyond Europe's boundaries. In a dazzling account of an editorial project seminal to England's encounter with the world and the nation's idea of itself, Fuller unlocks Hakluyt's work for modern readers.
Brief description: Mary C. Fuller is professor of literature and faculty chair-elect at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Review Quotes: "Mary Fuller is one of the foremost scholars of early modern English travel writing, and Lines Drawn across the Globe is the result of a long career of nuanced assessment of writings on travel and encounter. Not just a textual study, this is also an investigation into early modern geography, European rivalries, and global expansion. It provides the most comprehensive guide to reading Hakluyt that is currently available." Daniel Carey, University of Galway