John May

The Founding of English America

An Introduction to the Lost Colony and Jamestown

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1577, John Dee, a scientist who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, proposed to her the creation of colonies in the New World. Neither Elizabeth nor Walter Raleigh imagined the task would be so difficult or take more than 30 years. The effort started with an exploration of the coast of today's North Carolina and the settlement of a colony on Roanoke Island in 1585. This ended tragically and became known as The Lost Colony, its fate a mystery to this day. James I resumed the effort with the founding of Jamestown in 1607 on an island in the James River in today's Virginia. This book relates the histories of the Roanoke and Jamestown colonies to enable a full understanding of the founding of English America. Important events in America's beginnings, including the wreck of the Sea Venture (which inspired William Shakespeare's The Tempest), the Algonquin chief Powhatan's plans to make the newcomers useful to him, and the relationship between Pocahontas and English Captain John Smith are highlighted.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781476695242
• ISBN-10: 1476695245
• Artikelnr.: 70838165

Autorenporträt

John May is an author and former business executive who resides in Pittsboro, North Carolina. His first work, a historical novel, was a finalist for the Thomas Wolfe Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Tudor Family Tree viii Dramatis Personae Introduction 1.
The Virgin Queen 2.
The Sea Dogs 3.
The Lost Colony 4.
The End of an Era 5.
Jamestown 6.
Pocahontas and John Smith 7.
The Wreck of the Sea Venture 8.
The Starving Time 9.
Redemption Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index