Early English New World Exploration

The English were latecomers in regard to New World Exploration, but once they appeared on the scene, the world would never be the same. It is these early, few, and tragic tales that are briefly recounted in Episode 2 of the podcast.

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SOURCES:

Horn, James. A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost  Colony of Roanoke. New York: Basic Books, 2010.

Hume, Ivor Noel. The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne – An  Archaeological and Historical Odyssey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

Kuperman, Karen Ordahl. Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony. Plymouth,    UK:  Rowan and Littlefield, 2007.

Mapp, Alfred J. Virginia Experiment: The Old Dominion’s Role in the Making of     America, 1607-1781. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc, 2006.

Picture Credit – The Hondius Map Displaying Frobisher Strait.

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