Nichol, J. American Literature; an Historical Sketch 1620-1880. 1882. Edinburgh, 1887-89. Onderdonk, J. L. History of American Verse (1610-1897). Chicago, 1901. Smith, C. A. Die Amerikanische Literatur. Berlin, 1912. 1909. Poets of America. Boston and New York, 1885. Thomas, Isaiah. The History of Printing in America. Worcester, 1810. 2d ed. Albany, 1871. Trent, W. P. A History of American Literature 1607-1865. 1903. Trent, W. P., and Erskine, J.. Great American Writers. 1912. Tyler, M. C. A History of American Literature during the Colonial Period 16071765. 2 vols. 1878. The Literary History of the American Revolution 1763-1783. 2 vols. 1897. Vedder, H. C. American Writers of Today. 1894. Venable, W. H. 1891. Vincent, L. H. Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley. Cincinnati, American Literary Masters. Boston and New York, 1906. Wendell, B. A Literary History of America. 1900. Whitcomb, S. L. Chronological Outlines of American Literature. 1894. White, G. Sketch of the Philosophy of American Literature. Boston, 1891. ' Woodberry, G. E. America in Literature. 1903. CHAPTER I TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS, 1583-1763 Compiled by George Parker Winship and Maude E. C. Covell of the John Carter Brown Library, Providence. The anonymous titles are entered first, in chronological order; the others alphabetically by the author's name. Separate editions and reprints are listed so far as found. Excerpts and condensed reprints are not included. See, also, Bibliography to Book I, Chapter II. A True and Sincere declaration of the purpose and ends of the Plantation begun in Virginia. London, 1610. A True declaration of the estate of the Colonie in Virginia, with a confutation of such scandalous reports as haue tended to the disgrace of so worthy an enterprise. London, 1610. A Relation of the Successefull Beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land. Being an extract of certaine Letters written from thence, by some of the Adventurers to their friends in England. London, 1634. Albany, 1865, Mayer, Brantz, ed. [Sometimes attributed to Cornelius Calvert. Substantially the same as A briefe relation of the voyage unto Maryland by Andrew White.] A Relation of Maryland; Together, With a Map of the Countrey, The Conditions of Plantation, His Majesties Charter to the Lord Baltemore, translated into English. London, 1635. New York, 1865, Hawks, F. L., ed. 1910, Hall, C. C., ed. In Narratives of Early Maryland, 1633-1684. [Apparently a revision and enlargement of A Relation of the successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's plantation in Mary-land. London, 1634. See, also, White, Andrew.] A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina on the Coasts of Floreda. And more perticularly of a New-Plantation begun by the English at Cape Feare the 29th of May, 1664. London, 1666. New York, 1836. In Carroll, B. R., Historical Collections. Vol. 2. A further account of New Jersey, in an Abstract of Letters lately writ from thence, by several inhabitants there resident [Signed by Richard Hartshorne and others]. Printed in the year 1676. Reprinted by Brinton Cox. London, 1878. Facsimile by Burt, A. A. An Abstract or Abbreviation of some few of the many (Later and Former) Testimonys from the inhabitants of New Jersey, and other eminent persons, who have wrote particularly concerning that Place. London, 1681. A Journal of the Proceedings in the Late Expedition to Port-Royal, on Board their Majesties Ship, the Six Friends, The Honourable Sir William Phipps Knight, Commander in Chief, etc. Boston, 1690. A Description of the Golden Islands, With an account of the Undertaking now on foot for making a settlement there. London, 1720. A Description of the famous New Colony of Georgia in South Carolina. Dublin, 1734. A New Voyage to Georgia. By a Young Gentleman. Giving an Account of his Travels to South Carolina, and Part of North Carolina. [1733-34.] London, 1735, 1737. Savannah, 1842. Georgia Historical Society Collections. Vol. 2. A Description of Georgia, by a Gentleman who has resided there upwards of seven years, and was one of the first settlers. London, 1741. Washington, 1837. Force Tracts. Vol. 2. No. 12. Inconveniencies that have happened to some persons which have transported themselves from England to Virginia. London, 1622. Alexander, William. An Encouragement to Colonies. London, 1624, 1625. Archdale, John. A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Archer, Gabriel. The Relation of Captaine Gosnols Voyage to the North part of Virginia, begunne the sixe and twentieth of March, Anno 42. Elizabethæ Reginæ 1602, and deliuered by Gabriel Archer, a Gentleman in the said Voyage. London, 1625. In Purchas His Pilgrimes. Vol. 4; Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications. Purchas. Vol. 18. - A Letter of M. Gabriel Archar, touching the Voyage of the Fleet of Ships, which arriued at Virginia, without Sir Tho. Gates, and Sir George Svmmers, 1609. London, 1625. In Purchas His Pilgrimes. Vol. 4; Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications. Purchas. Vol. 19. Argall, Samuel. The Voyage of Captaine Samvel Argal, from Iames Towne in Virginia, to seeke the Ile of Bermuda, and missing the same, his putting ouer toward Sagadahoc and Cape Cod, and so backe againe to Iames Towne, begun the nineteenth of Iune, 1610. London, 1625. In Purchas His Pilgrimes. Vol. 4. Boston, 1905, Winship, G. P., ed. In Sailors' Narratives [in part.] Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications. Purchas. Vol. 19. A Letter of Sir Samuell Argoll touching his Voyage to Virginia, and Actions there: Written to Master Nicholas Hawes. Iune, 1613. London, 1625. In Purchas His Pilgrimes. Vol. 4; Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications. Purchas. Vol. 19. Ash, Thomas. Carolina; or, A Description of the Present State of that Country, and The Natural Excellencies thereof. By T. A. Gent. Clerk on Board His Majesties Ship the Richmond, which was sent out in the Year 1680. With particular Instructions to enquire into the State of that Country, and Return'd this Present Year, 1682. London, 1682. New York, 1836, Carroll, B. R., ed. Historical Collections of South Carolina, Vol. 2. Ayer, E. E. [Collector.] Narratives of Captivity among the Indians of North America. A List of Books and Manuscripts on this Subject in the Edward E. Ayer Collection of the Newberry Library. Chicago, 1912. Bailey, Joseph. God's Wonders in the Great Deep: or, a Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brigantine Alida and Catharine, Joseph Bailey, Master, on the 27th of December, 1749, bound from New York for Antigua. Wherein, the Wonderful Mercy of the Divine Providence is display'd, in the Preservation of the said Master, with all his men, from the time of the said vessel's oversetting, to the time of their being taken up by a Vessel bound from Boston for Surranam, on the 3d of January following; all which Time, being seven Nights, they were in the most imminent Danger and Distress. New York, 1750. Boston, 1750. Barnard, John. Ashton's Memorial: Or, An Authentick Account of The Strange Adventures and Signal Deliverances of Mr. Philip Ashton; who, After he had made his Escape from the Pirates, liv'd alone on a desolate Island for about 16 Months, etc. Boston, 1725. London, 1726. Bartram, John. Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and other matters worthy of Notice. Made . . . In his Travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annex'd, a curious account of the Cataracts at Niagara. By Peter Kalm, a Swedish Gentleman who travelled there. London, 1751. [Berkeley, Sir William.] A Discourse and View of Virginia. London, 1663. Norwalk, Conn., 1914. Smith, W. H., Jr., ed. A Perfect Description of Virginia: Being sent from Virginia, at the request of a Gentleman of worthy note, who desired to know the true State of Virginia as it now stands. London, 1649. Washington, 1838. Force Tracts. Vol. 2. No. 8. Beyard, Nicholas, and Lodowick, Charles. A Narrative of an Attempt made by the French of Canada upon the Mohaques Country. . . . To which is added, An Account of the present State and Strength of Canada, given by two Dutchmen, who have been Prisoners there, and now made their escape. . . . A Journal kept by Coll. Nicholas Beyard and Lieut. Coll. Charles Lodwick, who attended his Excellency in this Expedition. New York, 1693. [Variant title: A Journal of the Late Actions of the French. London, 1693.] New York, 1868, 1903 (Facsimile, Hasse, A. R., ed.) Bland, Edward. The Discovery of Nevv Brittaine. Began August 27. Anno Dom. 1650. By Edward Bland, Merchant. Abraham Woode, Captaine. Sackford Brewster, Elias Pennant, Gentlemen. From Fort Henry, at the head of Appamattuck River in Virginia, to the Fals of Blandina, first River in New Brittaine, which runneth West; being 120 Mile South-west, between 35 and 37 degrees, (a pleasant Country,) of temperate Ayre, and fertile Soyle. London, 1651. New York, 1873. Bownas, Samuel. God's Mercy surmounting Man's Cruelty, Exemplified in the Captivity and Redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Keacheachy, in Dover Township, who was taken Captive with her Children and Maid-Servant, by the Indians in New England, in the year 1724. In which are inserted, Sundry remarkable Preservations, Deliverances, and Marks of the Care and Kindness of Providence over her and her Children, worthy to be remembered. The Substance of which was taken from her own Mouth, and now published for a general Service. Philadelphia 1728, 1754. London, 1760. Danvers, 1780. London, 1782, 1787. Stamford, N. Y., 1803. London, [c. 1820?]. Dover, N. H., 1824. Brereton, John. A Briefe and true Relation of the Discoverie of the North part of Virginia; Made this present yeare 1602, by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert, and divers other gentlemen by permission of Sir Walter Raleigh. London, 1602. 2d imp. 1602. London, 1625. (Purchas, Vol. 4). Boston, 1843. Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections. 3d ser. Vol. 8. New York, 1902. In The Bibliographer, Vol. I. New York, 1903, facsimile. Boston, 1905, Winship, G. P., ed. In Sailors' Narratives. Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications. Purchas. Vol. 18. Brown, Alexander. The Genesis of the United States. A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605–1616, which resulted in the plantation of North America by Englishmen, disclosing the contest between England and Spain for the possession of the soil now occupied by the United States of America; set forth through a series of Historical Manuscripts now first printed. 2 vols. Boston and New York, 1891. ... Budd, Thomas. Good order established in Pennsilvania & New-Jersey in America, Being a true Account of the Country; With its Produce and Commodities there made. Philadelphia, 1685. New York, 1865, Armstrong, Edward G., ed. Cleveland, 1902, Shepard, Frederick J., ed. [Byrd, William]. Neu-gefundenes Eden. Oder Aussführlicher Bericht von Sudund Nord-Carolina, Pensilphania, Mary Land & Virginia. Befelch der Helvetischen Societät, 1737. Westover Manuscripts: containing the History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina: A Journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1733. Written from 1728 to 1736. Petersburg [Va.], 1841. Richmond, 1866, Wynne, T. H., ed. 2 vols. Title: The History of the Dividing Line. The Writings of "Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr." Edited by Bassett, J. S. 1901. Calvert, Cornelius. See A Relation of the Successefull Beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land. Canner, Thomas. A Relation of the Voyage made to Virginia, in the Elizabeth of London, a Barke of fiftie tunnes by Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert, in the yeere 1603. Written by Master Thomas Canner a Gentleman of Bernards Inne his companion in the same Voyage. London, 1625. In Purchas His Pilgrimes. Vol. 4; Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publication. Purchas. Vol. 18. Clayton, John. A Letter from Mr. John Clayton . . . May 12, 1688, giving an account of several Observables in Virginia, and in his voyage thither. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1694-5. Vols. 17 and 18. London, 1707, 1708, 1727. Washington, 1844. Force Tracts, Vol. 3. No. 12. Coxe, Daniel. A Description of the English Province of Carolana. By the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. London, 1722, 1726, 1727, 1741. St. Louis, 1840. Philadelphia, 1850, French, B. F., ed. Historical Collections of Louisiana. Pt. II. ... [Crafford, John.] A New and Most Exact Account of the fertile and famous Colony of Carolina. . . . The whole being a compendious account of a voyage made by an ingenious person, begun Oct. 1682, and finished 1683. Dublin, 1683. Curwen, Alice. A Relation of the Labour, Travail and Suffering of that faithful Servant of the Lord Alice Curwen. Who departed this Life the 7th Day of the 6th Moneth, 1679. Printed, 1680. Cushman, Robert. A Sermon preached at Plimmouth in Nevv-England December 9, 1621. Together with a Preface, Shewing the state of the Country, and Condition of the Savages. London, 1622. With new title: The Sin and Danger of Self-Love described. 2d ed. Boston, 1724. Plymouth, 1785. [Some copies M_DCC LXXXVIII. The true date of issue is 1785.] For nineteenth century reprints see Sabin, Vol. v, Nos. 18134 and 18135. Dankers, Jasper, and Sluyter, Peter. Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in several of the American colonies, 1679-80. Brooklyn, 1867, Murphy, H. C., tr. In Memoirs of Long Island Hist. Soc. Vol. I. New York. 1913. James, B. B., and Jameson, J. F., ed. [Davies, James.] A Relation of a Voyage to Sagadahoc now first printed from the Original Manuscript in the Lambeth Palace Library. Edited with Preface Notes... by the Rev. B. F. DeCosta. Cambridge, 1880. Boston, 1881, In Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. for May, 1880. Portland, Me., 1892, Thayer, H. O., ed. The Sagadahoc Colony. (Gorges Soc. Pub. No. 4.) [This edition has a new title: The Relation of a Voyage unto New England began from the Lizard, ye first of June, 1607.] Boston, 1905. Winship, G. P., ed. In Sailors' Narratives. Dean, Jaspar. A Narrative of the Sufferings, Preservation, and Deliverance of Capt. John Dean and Company; In the Nottingham-Galley of London, cast away on Boon-Island, near New England, December, [11, 1710. London, [1711.] With new title; A sad . . . account of the ... sufferings of Capt. John Dean. London, 1711. With original title, Boston, 1711. London, 1722. With new title: A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Nottingham-Galley. London, 1726, 1727, 1730, 1738, 1762 (5th ed.) Boston, 1762 (5th ed.). Delaware, Lord. The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, Lord Gouernour and Captaine Generall of the Colonie, planted in Virginia. London, 1611, 1625 [In Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 4], 1858. New York, 1867. In facsimile for Griswold, A. W. Glasgow, 1906. Hakluyt Society Publications, Purchas, Vol. 19. Denton, Daniel. A Brief Description of New York: Formerly called New VOL I.-24 |