Francis Drake's home-bound fleet from the West Indies. During the
absence of this expedition Raleigh had received triple favors from
Fortune. He had entered Parliament, been knighted, and had been
presented by the Queen with twelve thousand broad acres in Ireland.
These Irish acres were partly the Queen's perquisite from the Babington
'conspiracy.' Other royal windfalls had considerably increased Sir
Walter's expectations, and aroused his ambition. Hariot is known to have
spent some time in Ireland on Raleigh's estates there during the reign
of Elizabeth, but it is uncertain when. It may have been between the
autumn of 1586 and the autumn of 1588. He was in London in the winter of
1588-89 in time to get out hurriedly his report in February 1589. It is
possible, however, that he went to Ireland after his book was out. He
was probably the manager of one of the estates there as Governor John
White was of another in 1591-93.

The next early author whom we find speaking of Hariot is his lifelong
friend and companion Robert Hues or Hughes in his ' Tractatus de /
Globis et eo- / rvm vsv, / Accommo-datus iis qui Lon-/dini editi funt
Anno I593,/ fumptibus Gulielmi Sanderfoni / Ciuis
Londinienfis/Confcriptus a Ro-/bertoHues./ Londini/ In ardibus Thomae
Dawfon. / 1594.' / 8°

In his dedication to Sir Walter Raleigh the author says :

Borealiora Europae noftrates diligentimme luftrarunt. Primo Hugo
Willoughby eques Anglus & Richardus Chanceler has oras apperuerunt.
Succedit eis Stephanus Borough, vlterius pro-grefsi funt Artunis Pet &
Carol. Iackman. Sufceptæ funt hae nauigationes, inftigante Sebaftiano
Caboto, vt, fiquâ pofset fieri traiectum in regiones Synanum & Cathayac
breuimmum confequeremur, at irreto haec omnia conatu, nifi quod his