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 386 HAKODADI university, where he was appointed lecturer on cosmography and was the first to teach the use of globes. In 1582 he published " Diuers Voyages touching the Discouerie of America and Islands adjacent unto the same " (new ed., 1850). In 1584 he accompanied the English ambassador Sir Edward Stafford to Paris, probably as chaplain, as he was at this time professor of divinity. While there he publish- ed in French (1586) the narrative of the voy- ages of Loudonniere and others, which he af- terward translated and published under the ti- tle " Foure Voyages unto Florida," &c. (1587). He also published in Paris an improved edition of Peter Martyr's De Orbe Novo (1587), which at his suggestion was translated into English by Michael Lok, the London agent of the Mus- covy company, under the title " The Historie of the West Indies." On his return to Eng- land in 1589 he was appointed by Sir Walter Raleigh a member of the company of gentle- men adventurers and merchants for colonizing Virginia; and in the same year he published his great work, "The principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries made by the English Nation " (fol., London ; enlarged ed., 3 vols. in 2, fol., 1598, '99, 1600; new ed. with addi- tions, 5 vols. 4to, London, 1809-'12). Besides the different voyages, this work contains many curious public documents, such as charters granted by the czar, the sultan, and other monarchs, to English merchants. In many copies the voyage to Cadiz (pp. 607-' 19, vol. i., 2d ed.) is omitted, having been suppressed by order of Queen Elizabeth after the disgrace of the earl of Essex. The additions to the last edition comprise all the voyages and travels printed by Hakluyt, or at his suggestion, which were not included in his collection. In 1605 Hakluyt was appointed prebendary of West- minster, having previously been prebendary of Bristol; and he received afterward the rectory of Wetheringset in Suffolk. He was buried in Westminster abbey. His unpublished MSS. were used by Purchas in his " Pilgrims." His name is perpetuated in Hakluyt's head, a prom- ontory on the N. W. end of Spitsbergen, named by Henry Hudson in 1608 ; in Hakluyt's island in Baffin bay, named by Bylot ; and in the Hakluyt society, founded in 1846 for the republication of early voyages and travels. For an analysis of the contents of his chief work, see Oldys's " British Librarian." HAKODADI, a city of Japan, in the province of Matsmai, near the S. end of the island of Yesso, on the N. side of the strait of Saugar about 42 m. N. E. of the city of Matsmai, and nearly in lat. 42 N. ; pop. about 50,000, in- cluding many Chinese and some Europeans and Americans. It extends about 3 m. along Hakodadi. the base of a promontory whose peaks rise more than 1,100 ft. above the sea. The foliage of the lower slopes partly conceals the city, which is on the shore of a beautiful and spa- cious bay, forming one of the best harbors in the world. The town consists of rows of broad streets, rising one above the other, parallel to the beach. The houses are mostly of wood and two stories high, with fronts open to the street, and deep projecting eaves. At night the fronts are closed by folding doors or shut- ters. There are many large temples in the city, some of the Sintoo and others of the Buddhist sect ; some of the latter are well built and gor- geously decorated. They are generally in the elevated and retired parts of the town, and partially encircled by trees. A bazaar is at- tached to one of the temples. There are many fire-proof stores, strongly built, with thick whitewashed walls, deep window gratings, and massive shutters. The principal articles of trade are seaweed (fucus saccharinus), timber, dried fish, deer skins, horns, potatoes, coal, fish oil, tobacco, salt, and silk. The harbor is con- stantly thronged with hundreds of junks, and the general dulness of the city is relieved by droves of laden pack horses. The aggregate value of imports and exports in 1870 exceeded $1,300,000. Originally a small fishing village belonging to the local daimio, Hakodadi was sold to the Japanese government, and owing to its advantages as a seaport rapidly rose into