A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... lands , fitted out with the assistance of his friends two small vessels for this purpose . These , under the command of captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of ...
... lands , fitted out with the assistance of his friends two small vessels for this purpose . These , under the command of captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of ...
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... land- ing . Thither captain Amydas , with seven of his companions , went on a visit , and were hos- pitably entertained by the wife of that chief , who was himself absent . The town consisted of eight or nine houses , built of cedar ...
... land- ing . Thither captain Amydas , with seven of his companions , went on a visit , and were hos- pitably entertained by the wife of that chief , who was himself absent . The town consisted of eight or nine houses , built of cedar ...
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... , was obtained from the natives . About the middle of September our adven- turers returned to England , carrying with them two of the natives , Manteo and Wanchese , who showed a willingness to visit the land of the English 11.
... , was obtained from the natives . About the middle of September our adven- turers returned to England , carrying with them two of the natives , Manteo and Wanchese , who showed a willingness to visit the land of the English 11.
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... land of the English . This discovery produced so much satisfac- tion to queen Elizabeth , that she named the country Virginia , in honour , as has been sup- posed , of her own virginity . * Sir Richard Grenville with seven ships sailed ...
... land of the English . This discovery produced so much satisfac- tion to queen Elizabeth , that she named the country Virginia , in honour , as has been sup- posed , of her own virginity . * Sir Richard Grenville with seven ships sailed ...
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... alarmed the colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
... alarmed the colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
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