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Title The first colonists : documents on the planting of the first English settlements in North America, 1584-1590 / edited with an introduction by David B. Quinn and Alison M. Quinn.

Imprint Raleigh : North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1982.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  973.17 F519 1982    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xxv, 199 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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volume nc rdacarrier
Note Revised edition of: Virginia voyages from Hakluyt. 1973.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page xix) and indexes.
Contents Arthur Barlowe's narrative of the 1584 voyage -- Anonymous journal of the 1585 Virginia voyage -- The names of Lane's colonists -- Ralph Lane to Richard Hakluyt the elder and Master H -- of the Middle Temple, 3 September 1585 -- Ralph Lane's narrative of the settlement of Roanoke Island, 1585-6 -- Thomas Harriot, "A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia (1588)", as reprinted by Hakluyt in 1589 -- Walter Bigges (etc.), "A summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage (1589)", as reprinted by Hakluyt in 1600 (an extract) -- Depositions by Pedro Morales and Nicolas Burgoignon, 1586 -- Richard Hakluyt's narrative of the 1586 Virginia voyages -- Richard Hakluyt's epistle dedicatory to Sir Walter Ralegh of his translation of Rene de Laudonniere' "A notable historie containing foure voyages made by certayne French captaynes unto Florida (1587)", reprinted by him in 1600.
John White's narrative of the 1587 Virginia voyage -- The names of the 1587 Virginia colonists -- John White's narrative of the abortive Virginia voyage, 1588 -- John White to Richard Hakluyt, 4 February 1593 -- John White's narrative of the 1590 Virginia voyage.
Subject America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Sources.
Virginia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Discovery and exploration, British. (OCoLC)fst01352751
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
Genre/Form Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author Quinn, David B.
Quinn, Alison M.
North Carolina. Division of Archives and History.
ISBN 0865261954 (pbk.)
9780865261952 (pbk.)

 
    
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