The Stirring Exploits of West Country Mariners who discovered the New World .
The events that lead to the founding of the Popham Colony in 1607
The events that lead to the founding of the Popham Colony in 1607
During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, men were men and English galleons ruled the waves. The Queen’s Court sizzled with the glitterati of finely honed, educated and often ruthless subjects. A select few were sent out into the world to fill England’s coffers and claim far-off lands. The Queen rewarded them with honours, land and property. Many of her master mariners came from England’s ‘West Country’. Their great houses dotted the landscape and added lustre to that glorious age. With their navigational expertise and seamanship they sailed westward, initially to find Cathay, the Land of Spice in the Far East. Instead they discovered a land that was to be America and where the name Norumbega had a certain allure.
Contents
Introduction · Norumbega · The Age of Discovery · John Cabot · The North West Passage · Navigation and Ships · Sir Humphrey Gilbert · Elizabeth’s England · Sir Walter Raleigh · Tin Mining · Richard Hakluyt · Bartholomew Gosnold · Martin Pring · Merchant Adventurers · George Waymouth · Investors in Plantation · The Virginia Charter · The Popham Colony · Indian Perspectives · Archaeological Investigations at Fort St George · The West Country of England · Detailed Compendium of relevant Historic Places in England and N. America · Index
Introduction · Norumbega · The Age of Discovery · John Cabot · The North West Passage · Navigation and Ships · Sir Humphrey Gilbert · Elizabeth’s England · Sir Walter Raleigh · Tin Mining · Richard Hakluyt · Bartholomew Gosnold · Martin Pring · Merchant Adventurers · George Waymouth · Investors in Plantation · The Virginia Charter · The Popham Colony · Indian Perspectives · Archaeological Investigations at Fort St George · The West Country of England · Detailed Compendium of relevant Historic Places in England and N. America · Index
270 pages
235x159mm
Lavishly illustrated with 23 maps, 165 photographs and portraits
235x159mm
Lavishly illustrated with 23 maps, 165 photographs and portraits
ISBN 978-0-9548599-1-6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Order Form To: Wilson Publications, Little Murhill House, Limpley Stoke, Bath BA2 7FQ, England
Please send to me _______ copies of Norumbega Navigators. U.K. £12.50 or US$25
Plus postage & packing - UK £1.50 each.
Overseas £7 or US$14 each
Total enclosed ______ please make cheque (£ or US$) payable to M.J. Wilson
Name______________________ Address______________________________,
____________________________, ___________________________________
City/Town _________________ Post code/zip ____________________ Country_________________
Please send to me _______ copies of Norumbega Navigators. U.K. £12.50 or US$25
Plus postage & packing -
Overseas £7 or US$14 each
Total enclosed ______ please make cheque (£ or US$) payable to M.J. Wilson
Name______________________ Address______________________________,
____________________________, ___________________________________
City/Town _________________ Post code/zip ____________________ Country_________________