The First Colonists Documents on the Planting of the First English Settlements in North America 1584 - 1590

Quinn, David B. & Quinn, Alison M. edited with an introduction by

ISBN 10: 0865261954 / ISBN 13: 9780865261952

Published by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resource Divisionof Archives and History, North Carolina, 1985

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5 7/8 x 9 " 199 pages. First two pages are very slightly loose (about 1" from bottom edge) at spine.

Seller Inventory # 125893

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Colonists Documents on the Planting of the First English Settlements in North America 1584 - 1590
• Publisher: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resource Divisionof Archives and History, North Carolina
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865261954
• ISBN 13: 9780865261952
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: second printing.
• Condition: near fine

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Synopsis

Sixteenth-century narratives collected by Richard Hakluyt and drawings by John White offer remarkable firsthand evidence of the first voyages and attempts at colonization of the New World by the English.

About the Author

David Beers Quinn (1909-2002) authored more than thirty books on the history of early European exploration of North America. He earned a Ph.D. from King’s College, London. Dr. Quinn taught at several institutions throughout his distinguished career: University of Southampton (1934-1939); Queens University, Belfast (1939-1944); University College, Swansea (1944-1957); and University of Liverpool (1957-1993).