Hakluyt, HAK loot, Richard (1552?-1616), was an English geographer, editor, and clergyman. In 1589, he published The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, consisting of eyewitness accounts and other records of more than 200 voyages. These stories stirred up interest in navigation and colonization. He later helped organize the settling of the Virginia Colony.