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

by David Beers Quinn, Alison M. Quinn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865261952
Publisher:	North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Publication date:	01/01/1982
Series:	Sir Walter Raleigh and the First Colonists Series
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

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).