For half a century David Beers Quinn wrote on the history of the early relationship between England and North America. This volume was presented in tribute to his meticulous and authoritative but cautious scholarship, on the occasion of his 85th birthday. It includes his "Reflections" on a lifetime of research, and his bibliography. But his interests in the early period of "the expansion of Europe" have never been limited to England or North America, and this volume accordingly takes as its theme the widest historical context of the subject and period, the whole European outthrust and encounter, in its first phase. Ten contributions by recognized scholars provide select exemplars, to serve as a stimulating introduction to this vast theme. Three overview essays deal with specific regions of the outthrust, chosen because of differences in outcome: Ethiopia, the Far East, and Siberia. The remaining essays consider specific episodes in localities ranging from Guayana to China, and their discursive echoes, and are essentially concerned with a leading feature of David Quinn’s scholarship, the discovery, examination and interpretation of sources. A preliminary essay discusses the theme and links the various contributions within a framework of critical generalization.

Recognized as the outstanding authority on early English exploration and settlement in America, David Beers Quinn brings together in this book the results of his nearly forty years of research on the subject.

This book brings together a collection of the work of David Quinn, the preeminent authority on the early history of the discovery and colonization of America.

"This volume presents the discovery and exploration of the North American continent, from the earliest references down to the first permanent settlements, as described by the explorers themselves and delineated by contemporary Europeans. The vivid narratives of those who first sailed along its coasts, penetrated the unknown interior with its primeval forests, wide rivers, and hostile inhabitants, man and beast, are richly supplemented by the drawings of the explorers and by the conceptions of the land which they brought back to European mapmakers and artists. The geographical misconceptions of the discoverers, strange and absurd as they seem to us now, were exciting, stimulating, and often disastrous to the adventurers who came to seek wealth or freedom or glory in the new land. The illustrations are taken from rare contemporary records, manuscript and engraved maps, and original paintings of the period. Each section of the volume has an introductory historical essay which binds together the original narratives and the accompanying illustrations: the possible pre-Columbian explorations, the emerging knowledge of the east coast from Cabot to Cartier, the Spanish penetration of the southern interior and discoveries along the west coast, the sixteenth-century attempts at colonization, the search for a North-west Passage, and the beginnings of permanent settlement in the early seventeenth century. Among the early explorers, some were officially appointed to make discoveries: John Cabot, who held a patent for his first voyage from Henry VII of England, was one. Others, like Francis Drake on his voyage of 1578-9, were engaged in the opening up of trade, although exploration and plunder were subsidiary activities. The epic wanderings of the Spanish into the interior were stimulated by the lure of supposed immense riches, like those already plundered from South America. The narratives of these amazingly tenacious explorers, such as de Soto and Coronado, are in sharp contrast to those written by the men who came to colonize and settle. At Fort Caroline, the French colony under Laudonnière included the artist Le Moyne, and the many engravings of his paintings, reproduced with his own comments, provide a lively picture of Indian life and customs. From the English settlement of 1585 in Virginia come the paintings of John White and the accompanying notes of Thomas Harriot, settler, mathematician and scientist. But the hope of finding a shorter route to Cathay and the Spice Islands was so persistent that men like Frobisher and Davis made several voyages to the far north in search of a North-west Passage, and Henry Hudson died in that search. The book is an Anglo-American partnership; the authors are authorities in their fields. Professor W.P. Cumming is the author of The Southeast in early maps and numerous other books and articles on colonial American history and cartography; as Guggenheim Fellow, he spent a year in European libraries and archives searching for and examining documents and maps relating to the colonial period of North America. The late Dr R.A. Skelton, former superintendent of the British Museum Map Room, long honorary secretary of the Hakluyt Society, editor of Imago Mundi, was the author of Explorers' Maps, The Vinland Map, and other works. His sudden death occurred within a week of his final examination of the proofs of this work, and it ended a career which established his pre-eminence throughout the world in the history of exploration and cartography. Professor D.B. Quinn, Andrew Geddes and John Rankin Professor of Modern History at Liverpool University. is an authority on the history of discovery and has written numerous books and articles, including Sir Humphrey Gilbert and The Roanoke Voyages for the Hakluyt Society."--Publisher.

First published in 1974, England and the Discovery of America places the early explorations of the English in North America in the broad context of 15th and 16th century history. Marshalling evidence that cannot be pushed aside and sifting a mass of fascinating detail (including problems of cartography and the Vinland Map controversy), Professor Quinn presents circumstantial indications pointing to 1481 as the date or the discovery of America by Bristol voyagers – fishermen seeking new sources of cod, and merchant sailors with maps carrying promise of unexploited Atlantic islands. Whereas England did little to follow up her early lead, Quinn demonstrates that English initiatives from the 1580s onward, though slow, were of great importance. He brings to life the men involved in a variety of rash and heroic experiments in colonization and casts new light on their fates. He makes it clear that it was this very profusion of trial and error and trail again, as well as the conviction that settlement in temperate latitudes in North America could be effective if tenaciously enough sought, that enabled the English to strike and maintain routes in their new American world. This book will be of interest to students of English history, American history, colonial history and naval history.

The skills necessary to execute the tasks that confront nurses every day are the focus of this practical approach to the fundamentals of nursing. Activities are designed for first year nurses to impart a deep understanding of basic skills and can be completed by students with minimal supervision. Each lesson is designed to be easily adapted to the individual needs of the patient and allow for applications in a wide range of circumstances. Among the subjects covered are hygiene and grooming, oxygen therapy, and wound care.

This book reveals fundamental connections between nationalist violence, religious identity, and the origins of the novel in the early modern period. Through fresh interpretations of music, literature, and history it argues that the expulsion of the Muslim population created a historic and artistic aperture that was addressed in new literary forms.

This guide attempts to enumerate the printed and manuscript sources for northeastern North American ethnography from the earliest discoveries by Europeans down to the time of the effective establishment of European settlements in the area and also to indicate briefly the content of these sources and the features of the Amerindian societies which they record. Published in English.

Details the activities of the Europeans who discovered, explored, and attempted to settle North America.

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