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The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London (Volume IV)

The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London (Volume IV)

Myra Kingsbury, Susan

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General ReferenceGeneral SociologyRegional: West

ISBN10: 9354485715
ISBN13: 9789354485718
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 670
Weight: 2.13
Height: 1.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before Jamestown was legend, it was paperwork: charters, minutes, petitions, arguments set down in ink. The evidence begins right here. The Records Of The Virginia Company Of London (Volume IV) opens a rare window onto seventeenth century Virginia, tracing the ambitions, crises, and daily decisions behind the early Virginia settlement and the wider English colonization of America. Drawn from authentic Virginia Company of London records, these colonial history primary sources capture the fragile beginnings of the Jamestown colony history in the making, revealing how a speculative venture grew into a cornerstone of colonial America. Edited by Susan Myra Kingsbury, a pioneering historian of British colonial administration, Volume IV forms part of a monumental historical documents collection that has long served as a reference for historians and a primary source for researchers of colonial america studies and Atlantic world history. Within its pages, orders from company officials, reports from across the Atlantic, and traces of ordinary colonists together illuminate the contested process of planting an English society abroad and governing it from London. For anyone interested in early Virginia settlement, the structures of imperial trade, or the lived realities behind high policy, it offers both meticulous documentation and a compelling human record. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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