Sir Walter Ralegh [sic] and his colony in America : including the charter of Queen Elizabeth in his favor, March 25, 1584, with letters, discourses and narratives of the voyages made to America at his charges, and descriptions of the country, commodities and inhabitants / with historical illustrations and a memoir by the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox.

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Publication InfoBoston : Prince Society, 1884 (J. Wilson and Son)
Description[3], 329, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Other author/creatorBarlowe, Arthur, ca. 1550-1620.
Other author/creatorGrenville, Richard, Sir, 1541?-1591.
Other author/creatorLane, Ralph, Sir, 1530?-1603.
Other author/creatorHarriot, Thomas, 1560-1621.
Other author/creatorWhite, John, fl. 1585-1593.
Other author/creatorTarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888.
Other author/creatorGreat Britain Laws, etc.
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Publications of the Prince Society ; [v. 15]
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteColonization; Colonial Era.
Local note2012AG05300.
General note"Two hundred and fifty copies."--t.p. recto.
General noteThe charter and various narratives are taken from v. 3 of Hakluyt's Collection of early voyages.
General note"The first voyage to America under the charge and direction of Sir Walter Ralegh, knight, 1584" (p. [107]-127) is supposed to be Capt. Arthur Barlow. The first part of "The second voyage ... 1585" (p. [129]-142) is probably by Sir Richard Grenville; the remainder (p. 143-181) is by Ralph Lane. "The third voyage ... 1586" (p. [183]-186) is anonymous. "A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia ... by Thomas Heriot," p. [187]-244. "The fourth voyage ... 1587" (p. [245]-270) is given anonymously by Hakluyt. A letter from White to Hakluyt, accompanying his account of the fifth voyage, is here appended to the fourth voyage (p. 270-273) "The fifth voyage ... 1590" (p. [275]-299) is by "Governor" John White.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 65646.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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