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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1 : travellers and explorers, 1583 -1763 (search)
Chapter 1: travellers and explorers, 1583-1763 George Parker Winship, A. M., Librarian of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard University.
The earliest adventurers.
Captain John Smith.
Newfoundland.
William Vaughn.
Robert Hayman.
Robert Sedgwick.
pamphlets of the land companies.
narratives of Indian captivities.
Mrs. Rowlandson.
John Gyles.
Jonathan Dickinson.
the Quakers.
Alice Curwen.
George Keith.
Sarah Knight.
William Byrd.
Dr. Alexander Hamilton
The Engs of an earlier group of adventurers are associated with the New World because they made a voyage along its coastline or resided for a little while at some seaside settlement.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert on his homeward voyage from the New-found-land in 1583, sitting abaft with a book in his hand, while the Golden Hind was tossed by terrible seas breaking short and high pyramidwise, is the finest type of the seamen who made the English occupation of America possible.
The narrative of Gilbert's fatal