Explorers and Colonies: America, 1500-1625

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A&C Black, 1990 M01 1 - 449 pages
This book brings together a collection of the work of David Quinn, the preeminent authority on the early history of the discovery and colonization of America.
 

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Exploration and the Expansion of Europe
1
Hakluyts Reputation
17
Hakluyts Use of Material North America
37
Artists and Illustrators in the Early Mapping of North America
47
New Geographical Horizons Literature
71
Renaissance Influence in English Colonization
97
The English Contribution to Early Overseas Discovery
119
Colonies in the Beginning Examples from North America
127
Thomas Harriot and the New World
239
The Attempted Colonization of Florida by the French 15621565
257
The Voyage of Etienne Bellenger to the Maritimes in 1583 A New Document
285
Newfoundland in the Consciousness of Europe in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
301
James I and the Beginnings of Empire in America
321
An AngloFrench Voyage of Discovery to North America in 16041605 and its Sequel
341
The Voyage of Triall 16061607 An Abortive Virginia Venture
363
A List of Books Purchased for the Virginia Company
383

Why They Came
151
Early Accounts of Drakes Famous Voyage
179
Turks Moors Blacks and Others in Drakes West Indian Voyage
197
Visions 1567
205
Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Newfoundland
207
Stephanus Parmenius Budaeus A Hungarian Pioneer in North America
225
Wales and the West
397
Notes by a Pious Colonial Investor 16081610
415
Advice for Investors in Virginia Bermuda and Newfoundland 1611
421
Index
431
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