The Jamestown voyages under the first charter, 1606-1609 : documents relating to the foundation of Jamestown and the history of the Jamestown colony up to the departure of Captain John Smith, last president of the council in Virginia under the first charter, early in October 1609. Volume II / edited by Philip L. Barbour.

Reprint. Orignally published: Cambridge [England] : published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1969.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In December 1606, 120 emigrants left London in three small vessels. They landed nearly five months later in Virginia and founded a settlement which they called Jamestown. Thus the first permanent English colony was established in America. During the first few years, the colony was beset by extreme hardship. The local Indians regarded the settlement as infringement of their territory and were hostile to the settlers. Famine, plague and internal dissension also took their toll. The settlers relied for survival on provisions and men brought from England. The ships travelled the long route by way of the Canaries and the Caribbean and were always in danger of attack by the Spanish. In these 2 volumes Mr Barbour has collected all the known documents relating to the Jamestown voyages during the life of the original charter. He has annotated them and translated those written in languages other than English. In his introduction he reviews the early sources, in particular books about the early history of the colony written by emigrants. This collection gives a graphic and fascinating contemporary picture of the first few years of the colony out of which the United States was destined to grow. Continued from Second Series 136, with which the main pagination is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1969.

Cover; CONTENTS: VOLUME II; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; V DISSATISFACTION, AND THE SECOND CHARTER; 45. [23 FEBRUARY/] 5 MARCH 1609. PEDRO DE ZUNIGA TO PHILIP III; 46. [22 MARCH/] 1 APRIL 1609. PEDRO DE ZUNIGA TO PHILIP III; 47. [2/] 12 APRIL 1609. PEDRO DE ZUNIGA TO PHILIP III; 48. 3 MAY 1609. LORD SALISBURY TO HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, LONDON; 49. [10/] 20 MAY 1609. PEDRO DE ZUNIGA TO PHILIP III; 50. BEFORE 15 MAY 1609. INSTRUCTIONS TO SIR THOMAS GATES; 51. [25 JUNE/] 5 JULY 1609. PEDRO DE ZUNIGA TO PHILIP III; 52. [1610.] EMANUEL VAN METEREN, COMMENTARIEN OFTE MEMORIEN.

53. 31 august 1609. gabriel archer, from virginia, to an unknown friend54. 4 october 1609. john ratcliffe to lord salisbury p.r.o.; 55. 9 november 1609. john more to william trumbull; 56. [13/] 23 november 1609. pedro de zuniga to philip iii; 57. [30 november/] 10 decmeber 1609. pedro de zuniga to philip iii; 58. 30 november 1609. john bealieu to william trumbull; 59. 7 december 1609. john beaulieu to william trumbull; 60. 15 december 1609. the earl of southampton to the earl of salisbury; 61. [21/] 31 december 1609. pedro de zuniga to philip iii ; vi spain investigates.

62. [21/] 31 decemeber 1609. pedro de zuniga to philip iiiecija's voyage of reconnaissance; vii captain john smith's summary: a map of virginia; 63. completed between 25 march and late autumn, 1612. a map of virginia, by captain john smith and others; detail from the ve; asco map (1611), showing the virginia of the jamestown voyages; appendices; bibliography; index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z; john smith's map of 1612.

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