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Author: Brereton, John, 1572-ca. 1619.
Title: A briefe and true relation of the discouerie of the north part of Virginia being a most pleasant, fruitfull and commodious soile: made this present yeere 1602, by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, Captaine Bartholowmew [sic] Gilbert, and diuers other gentlemen their associats, by the permission of the honourable knight, Sir Walter Ralegh, &c. Written by M. Iohn Brereton one of the voyage. Whereunto is annexed a treatise, of M. Edward Hayes, conteining important inducements for the planting in those parts, and finding a passage that way to the South sea, and China.
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Print source: A briefe and true relation of the discouerie of the north part of Virginia being a most pleasant, fruitfull and commodious soile: made this present yeere 1602, by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, Captaine Bartholowmew [sic] Gilbert, and diuers other gentlemen their associats, by the permission of the honourable knight, Sir Walter Ralegh, &c. Written by M. Iohn Brereton one of the voyage. Whereunto is annexed a treatise, of M. Edward Hayes, conteining important inducements for the planting in those parts, and finding a passage that way to the South sea, and China.
Brereton, John, 1572-ca. 1619., Hayes, Edward, fl. 1602.
Londini: [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] impensis Geor. Bishop, 1602.
Subject terms:
Gosnold, Bartholomew, d. 1607.
Gilbert, Bartholomew.
Virginia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- English -- Early works to 1800.
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To the honourable, Sir WALTER RALEGH, Knight, Captaine of her Maiesties Guards, Lord Warden of the Stanneries, Lieutenant of Cornwall, and Gouernour of the Isle of Iersey.
A briefe Note of such commodities as we saw in the countrey, notwithstanding our small time of stay.
A briefe Note of the sending another barke this present yeere 1602. by the honorable knight, Sir WALTE RALEGH, for the searching out of his Colonie in Virginia.
A Treatise, conteining important induce∣ments for the planting in these parts, and finding a passage that way to the South sea and China.
Of a conuenient passage and trade into the South Sea, vnder temperate regions part by riuers, and some part ouer land, in the continent of America.
Inducements to the liking of the voyage inten∣ded towards Virginia in 40. and 42. degrees of latitude, written 1585. by M. Richard Hakluyt the elder, sometime student of the Middle Temple.
Sorts of men which are to be passed in this voyage.
A briefe note of the corne, fowles, fruits and beasts of the Inland of Florida on the backeside of Virginia, taken out of the 44 chapter of the disco∣uery of the said countrey, begun by Fer∣nando de Soto gouernour of Cuba, in the yeere of our Lord 1539.
A Note of such commodities as are found in Florida next adioining vnto the South part of Virgi∣nia, taken out of the description of the said countrey, written by Mounsieur Rene Laudonniere, who inhabited there two Som∣mers and one winter.
A briefe extract of the merchantable commo∣dities found in the South part of Virginia, ann. 1585. and 1586. Gathered out of the learned worke of master Thomas Herriot, which was there remaining the space of ele∣uen moneths.
Commodities in Virgina, knowen to yeeld victuals.
Rootes.
Fruites.
Beasts.
Fowle
Fish.
Certaine briefe testimonies touching sundry rich mines of Gold, Siluer, and Copper, in part found and in part constantly heard of, in North Florida, and the Inland of the Maine of Virginia, and other countreys there vnto on the North part neere adioining, gathered out of the works, all (one excepted) extant in print, of such as were personall trauellers in those countries