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England and the discovery of America, 1481-1620: from the Bristol voyages of the fifteenth century to the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth : the exploration, exploitation, and trial-and-error colonization of North America by the English

Quinn, David B.

Year: 1974, c1973.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf.

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Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

A LIST OF FOOTNOTE ABBREVIATIONS

PART I SEARCHES IN THE ATLANTIC

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE The Argument for the English Discovery of America Between 1480 and 1494

CHAPTER TWO The Atlantic Perspective

CHAPTER THREE England and the Atlantic

SUMMARY

PART II DISCOVERY IN THE WEST

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER FOUR The Conquest of the Atlantic

CHAPTER FIVE Sebastian Cabot and English Exploration

CHAPTER SIX Henry VIII and Western Voyaging

SUMMARY

PART III SAILORS AND COLONIES

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER SEVEN Sailors and the Sea in Elizabethan England

CHAPTER EIGHT Edward Hayes and the Americas

CHAPTER NINE A Portuguese Pilot in the English Service

CHAPTER TEN Some Spanish Reactions to Elizabethan Colonial Ventures

CHAPTER ELEVEN The Failure of Ralegh's American Colonies

SUMMARY

PART IV ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCONTENTS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER TWELVE England and the St. Lawrence, 1577-1602

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The First Pilgrims

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The English Catholics and America, 1581-1633

SUMMARY

PART V PRELUDES TO PERMANENT SETTLEMENT

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Thomas Harriot and the Virginia Voyages of 1602

CHAPTER SIXTEEN "Virginians" on the Thames in 1603

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Lost Colony in Myth and Reality, 1586-1625

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Road to Jamestown

SUMMARY

EPILOGUE

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION BY DAVID BEERS QUINN

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Title:

England and the discovery of America, 1481-1620 : from the Bristol voyages of the fifteenth century to the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth : the exploration, exploitation, and trial-and-error colonization of North America by the English David Beers Quinn.

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Quinn, David B

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England and the discovery of America, 1481-1620 : from the Bristol voyages of the fifteenth century to the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth : the exploration, exploitation, and trial-and-error colonization of North America by the English David Beers Quinn.
Quinn, David B
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, c1973.

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Subject Headings:

• America -- Discovery and exploration -- British
• Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
• America -- History -- To 1810

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