Richard Madox
Richard Madox (11 November 1546 – 27 February 1583)
Biography
Madox was born on 11 November 1546 in
Madox, along with John Walker, was appointed to the position of
Madox died on the voyage, on 27 February 1583, while the vessel was near
Diary
Madox started writing his diary, which is now preserved in the
As well as recording events on board, his diary during the voyage described various examples of flora and fauna which he encountered. He also included illustrations.[5]
The last entry in Madox's diary, a comment on the weather, was written on 31 December 1583.[1]
His diary was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1976, edited by Elizabeth Story Donno, under the title An Elizabethan in 1582: The Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls.
References
- ^ Oxford DNB
- ^ Feingold, Mordechai The Mathematicians' Apprenticeship: science, universities and society. Cambridge University Press, 1984, p. 159.
- ^ Boas, F. S. (1966)), University Drama in the Tudor Age, p. 160.
- ^ James Fenton, 'All at sea: James Fenton on a seaman's secret diary', The Guardian, 10 May 2008.
- ^ Games, Alison (2008-07-15). The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560–1660, p. 243.