Search or Choose one of the following:

1570-1600:

• "Letter of Luis de Quirós and Juan Baptista de Segura," 1570



• "Letter of Juan Rogel," 1572



• "The letter patents, granted by the Queen's Majesty to M. Walter Raleigh, now Knight, for the discovering and planting of new lands and countries" by Queen Elizabeth, 1584



• "The first voyage made to the coasts of America, with two barks, where in were captains M. Philip Amadas, and M. Arthur Barlowe, who discovered part of the Country now called Virginia" by one of said captains, 1584



• "The True Pictures and Fashions of the People in that Part of America Now Called Virginia" by John White(?), 1584 & 1588



• "The voyage made by Sir Richard Grenville, for Sir Walter Raleigh, to Virginia" by Sir Richard Grenville(?), 1585



• "An account of the particularities of the employments of the English men left in Virginia by Sir Richard Grenville under the charge of Master Ralph Lane" by Ralph Lane, 1585-86



• "The third voyage made by a ship sent in the year 1586, to the relief of the colony planted in Virginia, at the sole charge of Sir Walter Raleigh," 1586



• "The fourth voyage made to Virginia with three ships, in the year 1587, wherein was transported the second colony," 1587



• "A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia" by Thomas Hariot, 1588



• "The fifth voyage of M. John White into the West Indies and parts of America called Virginia," 1590

1601-1650:

• "Instructions, by way of advice, for the intended Voyage to Virginia" by John Smith, undated (probably early 1600's)



• "The relations of Captain Gosnold's Voyage to the North part of Virginia" by Gabriel Archer, 1602



• "Master Bartholomew Gosnold's Letter to his Father, touching his first voyage to Virginia" by Bartholomew Gosnold, 1602



• "Observations Gathered out of 'A Discourse of the Plantation of the Southern Colony in Virginia by the English'" by George Percy, 1606



• "A True Relation of Occurrences and Accidents in Virginia" by John Smith, 1608



• "A Short Relation made by the Lord De-La-Warre" by Lord De-La-Warre, 1611



• "A Map of Virginia, with a Description of its Commodities, People, Government, and Religion" by John Smith, 1612



• "Good News from Virginia sent to the Counsell and Company of Virginia, resident in Virginia" by Alexander Whitaker, 1613



• "John Rolfe's Letter to Sir Thomas Dale," 1614



• "A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Virginia" by Raphe Hamor, 1614



• "Don Diego de Molina's Letter to Don Alonzo de Velasco (Spanish Ambassador in London)," 1613



• "Father Pierre Biard's Letter to Reverend Father Claude Acquaviva," 1614



• "John Pory's Letter to Sir Dudley Carleton," 1619



• "Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, 1619"



• "Two Tragic Events: 1. The Seafight of Capt. Anthony Chester, 1621 2. The Indian Massacre, 1622," 1620, 1622



• "Richard Frethorne's Letter to his Mother and Father, concerning the experiences of an indentured servant" by Richard Frethorne, 1623



• "A Voyage to Virginia," by Colonel Norwood, 1649

1651-1700:

• "A Discourse and View of Virginia" by Sir William Berkeley, 1663



• "The Declaration of the People, against Sr: Wm: Berkeley, and Present Governors of Virginia," 1676

1701-1750:

• "The History of Virginia, In Four Parts" by Robert Beverley, 1720

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