A special volume of essays to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Society, with a full listing and index of Hakluyt Society publications 1847-1995. Containing: P.E.H. Hair, ?The Hakluyt Society: from Past to Future?; R.C. Bridges, ?William Desborough Cooley and the Foundation of the Hakluyt Society?; Tony Campbell, ?R.H. Major and the British Museum?; R.J. Bingle, ?Henry Yule: India and Cathay?; Ann Savours, ?Clements Markham: longest serving Officer, most prolific Editor?; C.F. Beckingham, ?William Foster and the Records of the India Office?; D.B. Quinn, ?R.A. Skelton of the Map Room?; Michael Strachan, ?Esmond S. de Beer: Scholar and Benefactor?; and R.C. Bridges and P.E.H. Hair, ?The Hakluyt Society and World History?.