Category: Travel Writing
The first chapter, Verrazano’s voyage in 1524, is a modern translation of the original Italian. The other chapters are literal reproductions of their original English publications, and so retain the spelling, the hyphenation and punctuation seen in those books.
The first chapter, Verrazano’s voyage in 1524, is a modern translation of the original Italian. The other chapters are literal reproductions of their original English publicatio...
2. Part 2We did not land there, as the weather was unfavourable, but proceeded to another place, fifteen leagues distant from the island, where we found a very excellent harbour. ♦_Newpo...
3. Part 3May it please your Lordship therefore to understand, that upon the sixe and twentieth of March _1602_, ♦_March_♦ being Friday, we went from _Falmouth_, being in all, two & thirt...
4. Part 4WE set saile from _Milford Hauen_ ♦_April 1603_♦ (where the winds had stayed vs a fortnight, in which space we heard of Queen _Elizabeths_ death) the tenth of Aprill 1603. In ou...
5. Part 5On the 8th of the month, we set out from the mouth of this river, which we could not do sooner on account of the fogs. We made that day some four leagues, and passed a bay, ♦_Ca...
6. Part 6On the 23d of July, four or five seamen having gone on shore with some kettles to get fresh water, which was to be found in one of the sand-banks a short distance from our barqu...
7. Part 7This day our boat went out about a mile from our ship, and in small time with two or three hooks was fished sufficiently for our whole Company three dayes, with great Cod, Haddo...
8. Part 8About eight a clocke this day we went on shore with our boats, to fetch aboord water and wood, our Captaine leauing word with the Gunner in the shippe, by discharging a musket,...
9. Part 9Tuesday, the 18 day, being not run aboue 30 leagues from land, and our Captaine for his certaine knowledge how to fall with the coast, hauing sounded euery watch, and from 40 fa...
10. Part 10Thursdaye in the mornynge breacke of the daye beinge the xiijth of Auguste the Illand of Sutquin ♦_Seguin_♦ bore north of us nott past halff a leage from us and ytt rysseth in t...
11. Part 11The one and thirtieth, very thicke and mystie all day, untill tenne of the clocke. At night the wind came to the south, and south-west and south. We made our way west north-west...
12. Part 12Before two of the clocke we set saile, and stirred away North-west by North, the wind South South-west, and the weather continued very foggy. About eight of the clocke wee tooke...
13. Part 13The maine Staple, from hence to bee extracted for the present to produce the rest, is fish; which however it may seeme a mean and a base commoditie: yet who will but truely take...
14. Part 14Naimkeck though it be more rockie ground (for Angoam is sandie) not much inferior; neither for the harbor, nor any thing I could perceive, but the multitude of people. From henc...
15. Part 15About two leagues further to the East, is another great river called _Aquamenticus_. ♦_York River_♦ There I think a good plantation may be settled, for there is a good harbour f...
16. Part 16But if your Lordship should put up this wrong done unto you, and the Authority which you gaue them, never expect to be obeyed in those parts, either by Planters or Fishermen; fo...