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Title: The General Historie of Virginia, New England and The Summer Isles (Vol. I)
Author: John Smith
Release Date: January 9, 2018 [EBook #56347]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GENERAL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA ***
Produced by Roger Burch with scans from the Internet Archives
Captaine John Smith
In Two Volumes
Volume I
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of
&
The Summer Isles
The True Travels, Adventures
and Observations, and
A Sea Grammar
CAPTAINE JOHN SMITH
Sometimes Governour in those Countryes
James MacLehose and Sons
Publishers to the University
New York: The Macmillan Company
| Page | |
| Publishers' Note, | xvii |
| The Epistle Dedicatorie to the Duchesse of Richmond and Lenox, | xxii |
| A Preface of foure Poynts, | xxv |
| Panegyrick Verses, | xxvii |
| A.D. 1170 1488 1492 | The first voyage to the new World, by Madock Prince of Wales. The next by Hanno Prince of Carthage, and how it was offred K. Hen.7. by Chr. Cullumbus, that undertooke it for the Spanyards. 1492. | 1 |
1497 1576 1583 1584 | How John Cabot was imployed by King Hen. the 7. and found the Continent before Cullumbus. Also Sir Martin Frobisher, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert ranged towards the North. And how Captaine Amidas was sent to discover the coast of Florida by Sir Walter Raleigh and his associates. And the Country Wingandacoa was called Virginia by Queene Elizabeth. | 2 |
1585 | Sir Richard Greenvill sent thither with 108. he left for a plantation. The discovery of the Rivers Chawonok and Moratoc. The trechery of their King, who with eight more were slaine, and they all returned to England againe the same yeare with Sir Francis Drake. | 10 |
The Observations of Master Heriot. Of their commodities, victuall, fruits, beasts, fishes, and foules. Their Religion, and beliefe of God, of the Creation of the world, and man; the immortalitie of the soule; the subtiltie of their Priests; the peoples simplicitie, and desire of salvation; and other Accidents. | 19 | |
1586 | Sir Rich. Greenvill sent to supply them. Not finding them, left fiftie. Their successe. | 26 |
1587 | Master White sent to relieve them, found they were all slaine, yet left 115. more, and departed. | 26 |
1589 | Returning the second time, he could not heare of them; his Observations and Accidents. | 30 |
1602 | A discovery by Captaine Gosnoll of Elizabeths Isles; his Observations, Relations, and returne. | 33 |
The voyage of Captaine Pring to the same Coast. | 37 | |
1603 | The discovery of Captaine Waymouth; his Observations, Relations, and returne. | 38 |
1605 | A Map of the old Virginia, with the figures of the Salvages. | 40 |
Of Virginia now planted, discovered by Captaine Smith.
| 1606 | The Latitude, Temperature, and Capes; a description of Chisapeack Bay, and seaven navigable Rivers that fall into it, with their severall Inhabitants, and diversitie of Language. | 43 |
1606 | Of things growing Naturally, as woods, fruits, gummes, berries, herbs, roots; also of beasts, birds, and fishes; how they divide the yeare, prepare their ground, plant their corne, and use it, and other victuall. | 52 |
What commodities may be had by industry. The description of the people, their numbers, constitutions, dispositions, attyre, buildings, lodgings and gardens, their usage of children, striking of fire, making their Bowes and Arrowes, knives, swords, targets, and boats: how they spinne, make fish-hooks, and ginnes, and their order of hunting. Consultations and order in Warres. | 60 | |
Their musicke, entertainment, trade, Physicke, Chirurgery and Charmes. Their Religion, God, burials ordinary and extraordinary, Temples, Priests, Ornaments, solemnities, Conjurations, Altars, sacrifices, black boyes, and resurrection. | 70 | |
The manner of their government, their Emperor; his attendants, watch, treasury, wives, successors & authority: tenure of their lands, and manner of punishment, with some words of their Language Englished. | 77 | |
And a Mappe of the Countrey of Virginia now planted. |
Of the Accidents and Proceedings of the English.
| 1606 | Their orders of government, Accidents in going, first landing and government setled. | 85 |
1607 | The Salvages assault the Fort, the ships returne, their names were left, occasion of sicknes, plenty unexpected, the building of James Towne, the beginning of Trade, two projects to abandon the Country. |
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