Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Relation Of The Right Honourable The Lord De-La-Warre, Lord Gouernour And Captaine Generall Of The Colonie, Planted In Virginea

The Relation Of The Right Honourable The Lord De-La-Warre, Lord Gouernour And Captaine Generall Of The Colonie, Planted In Virginea

West de la Warr, Thomas

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354502105
ISBN13: 9789354502101
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 20
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jamestown was close to collapse. Then Lord De-La-Warre arrived with authority, supplies, and a hard-won message for England. Here is the colony speaking. First printed in 1610, The Relation Of The Right Honourable The Lord De-La-Warre is a vivid early american primary source: a governor's eyewitness account of jamestown colony governance at a turning point in the tidewater virginia colony. Part proclamation, part letter, part virginia colony progress report, it records the challenges of discipline, morale, and survival, and frames native american relations as they were understood by English leadership. Read it alongside captain john smith narratives and other virginia company documents, and the larger machinery of settlement comes sharply into view. De la Warr writes to investors and the Crown with a commander's urgency and a public statement's poise, meant to steady confidence after disaster. The blend of reportage and persuasion is crucial for tracing how authority, labour, and law were framed, and how Jamestown argued for its own survival in a precarious Atlantic world. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. This historical pamphlet reprint presents a full text edition valued as a colonial studies reference for early american history students, yet compelling for casual readers who want the documentary edge behind Jamestown Virginia 1610. A sharp window onto colonisation, policy, and persuasion, it belongs among early American documents and classic-literature collectors' shelves. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

Also in

General World History

View All