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The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London; The Court Book, From The Manuscript In The Library Of Congress (Volume I)

The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London; The Court Book, From The Manuscript In The Library Of Congress (Volume I)

Myra Kingsbury, Susan

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General ReferenceGeneral SociologyRegional: West

ISBN10: 935448543X
ISBN13: 9789354485435
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 652
Weight: 3.28
Height: 1.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before Jamestown became a legend, it was a ledger of decisions, disputes and ambitions kept in London. These are the original voices. The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London; The Court Book (Volume I) gathers the surviving court minutes of the company that directed the Jamestown colony from across the Atlantic, offering a rare, unfiltered window into early seventeenth century Virginia. Meeting by meeting, these Virginia Company records trace debates over Jamestown colony governance, trade, migration and faith, forming a foundational colonial history reference book and primary source document collection. As a historical court records edition drawn from the manuscript in the Library of Congress, it anchors the study of English colonial trade history, London mercantile colonialism and the first fragile decades of English America. It serves equally well as a rigorous research tool for historians and an authoritative sourcebook for university courses on the British empire and Atlantic history, while remaining approachable for general readers curious about Jamestown settlement primary sources and British empire colonial records. Edited by noted historian Susan Myra Kingsbury, this modern reissue respects the integrity of the original scholarship and the unique texture of the documentary record. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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