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A discourse concerning western planting, 1584 (Richard Hakluyt)
- What audience is Hakluyt addressing?
- What are the most important arguments that Hakluyt presents in urging England to plant colonies in the New World? How central are the religious aims? Is Hakluyt a mercantilist?
- What does this document reveal about the relations between England and Spain during the late sixteenth century?
- How does Hakluyt view the native peoples of the New World?
- How does Hakluyt link the domestic situation within England to the proposed experiment of planting colonies in the New World?