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A Discourse Of Virginia

A Discourse Of Virginia

Maria Wingfield, Edward

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General ReferenceGeneral SociologyRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 9354486215
ISBN13: 9789354486210
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
History begins here, in hunger. In this stark colonial American primary source, Edward Maria Wingfield, first president of the Jamestown council, sets down his account of the fragile Virginia Company settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, 1607. Written as an early English exploration narrative and seventeenth century historical pamphlet, A Discourse Of Virginia traces the founding struggles of the colony: arguments over leadership, precarious supplies, and the daily uncertainty facing the earliest Virginia colonists. Wingfield's testimony offers an unvarnished window onto the Jamestown colony founding, composed while memory was still raw and reputations under attack. Balancing self-defence with observation, he records early Virginia colonists experiences and the difficult politics of survival on the edge of empire. For colonial history students and general readers alike, it stands among the core Jamestown settlement primary documents, essential for understanding 1600s Virginia history and the wider story of early America colonial classics. For specialists, it is required reading for historians tracing how the Virginia Company managed its distant outpost and how those first English settlers understood their own fate. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This careful modern presentation respects the original voice while making Wingfield's Discourse accessible to anyone drawn to the origins of Jamestown Virginia 1607 and the contested birth of English America.

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