Virginia History Podcast

In this episode the planning, journey, and establishment another settlement on Roanoke Island are detailed. Finally, John White’s fateful decision to leave for England is briefly outlined. I plan to resume with White’s journey back to England, and what took place between 1587 and 1607, as well as the many theories surrounding the greatest mystery in American History.

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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.

Houston, Lebame and Hird, Barbara. editors. Roanoke Revisited… The Story of the First English Settlements in the New World and the Fabled Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Penny Books, 1997.

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.

Miller, Lee. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony. New York: Aarcade, 2001.

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

Quinn, David Beers. Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1985.

Smith, John. The General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles with the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governors from Their Beginning: 1584-1624. volumes 1-2. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books.

Stick, David. Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1983.

US History Timeline – This is a great chronological resource!

The First Colony Foundation

Fort Raleigh NPS

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In this episode I try to recount the nearly year long, disastrous 1585 colonization attempt at Roanoke Island. Please, follow along, as Grenville’s fleet set sail in April, and Ralph Lane hitched a ride back to England with Francis Drake in June, 1586. Along the way, there will be encounters with the Spanish, explorations into the American mainland, and violence with the native Secotan tribe.

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For those interested in more of John White’s artwork, please, go here.

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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.

Houston, Lebame and Hird, Barbara. editors. Roanoke Revisited… The Story of the First English Settlements in the New World and the Fabled Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Penny Books, 1997.

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.

Miller, Lee. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony. New York: Aarcade, 2001.

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

Quinn, David Beers. Set Fair for Roanoke: Voyages and Colonies, 1584-1606. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1985.

Smith, John. The General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles with the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governors from Their Beginning: 1584-1624. volumes 1-2. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books.

Stick, David. Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1983.

US History Timeline – This is a great chronological resource!

The First Colony Foundation

Fort Raleigh NPS

Image Credit:John White, Indian Village of Pomeiooc.

This episode recounts the 1584 scouting mission undertaken by Raleigh’s group of explorers/colonizers, and shows how that mission sparked further interest toward settling Virginia.

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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.

Houston, Lebame and Hird, Barbara. editors. Roanoke Revisited… The Story of the First English Settlements in the New World and the Fabled Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Penny Books, 1997.

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.

Miller, Lee. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony. New York: Aarcade, 2001.

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

US History Timeline – This is a great chronological resource!

The First Colony Foundation

Fort Raleigh NPS

Picture Credit: John White’s 1585 Map

 

In this episode, I briefly illustrate some of who Virginia’s founder was, and the events that led to Raleigh’s colonization attempts.

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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.

The First Colony Foundation

Fort Raleigh NPS

Picture Credit – Sir Walter Raleigh

 

 

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.

(This is not a paid advertisement! This is simply an amazing deal to an incredibly fascinating museum, and it had to be shared.)

The Mariners’ Museum is offering  a special $5 admission available on Saturday 12/4. I cannot express in print or in spoken word how wonderful this museum is, so a few pictures from my recent visit with Brandon Huebner of the Maritime History Podcast will have to suffice.

I hope that my few pictures sufficiently enticed you, the reader, to visit this wonderful museum! There is so much more to see, such as the world’s largest figurehead collection, artifacts from the age of exploration, pieces from the Napoleonic era (including rigging from Nelson’s HMS Victory), and much more.

If you can make it out to the Newport News, VA museum, you will be very glad you did, as this attraction is worth well more than the special admission being offered.

 

 

For more information, and even more of an overview, please check out the Mariners’ Museum website.

 

 

All pictures are copyrighted, Robert Van Ness 2015.

European Virginian History began with the swashbuckling story of Don Luis, Paquiquineo, who outwitted the Spanish both in the New World as well as the Old.

The scantily recorded history is recounted in this, first edition of the Virginia History Podcast.

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Sources:

Horn, James. A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America. New York, Basic Books. 2005.

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

Rountree, Helen C. Powhatan Foreign Relations: 1500-1722. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 1993.

The Mariner’s Museum. Colonial Period, Ajacan – The Spanish Jesuit Mission

Wikipedia – Ajacan

Wikipedia – Don Luis

Wolfe, Brendan. The Encyclopedia Virginia – Don Luis     Velasco/Paquiquineo

 

 

 

Photo Credit – Diego Gutierrez’ 1562 Map of Spanish North America.

This past weekend my wife, son, and I journeyed up the James River to Berkeley Plantation as planned. It was an enjoyable weekend – even if it did rain and remain somewhat cloudy the entire time. Here are a few pictures of our time there, as well as more shots illustrating just how beautiful Berkeley Plantation is. I quite enjoyed being there in November, as the leaves were changing all along John Tyler Highway, and along the James River.

I enjoy history like very few people do, but my favorite part of this trip was watching my son’s excitement. He wanted to go here, and do this, and see that. By the end of the day only excitement kept him awake as we returned home. His excitement is exactly what I was looking forward to as a history-loving parent. Noted author Jeffrey Shaara of God’s and Generals fame shared a story about how his father Gettysburg author Michael Shaara instilled a passion for Civil War history by taking him to view Gettysburg when Jeff was 12 years old. It was that moment that Jeff fell in love with what his father had already loved for quite some time, thus instilling Jeff’s passion and drive.

I’m not saying that I am by any stretch of imagination a Michael Shaara, nor am I saying that Johnny will become the next Jeffrey. What I am saying is that a father’s being able to share his passion with his son is an incomparable joy. Our living in Virginia is the perfect place for me to pass my passion down to my sons. What an awesome privilege!

Virginian’s are rather proud of their history, and they should be. So, when some New Englander tries to impose their faulty history on us, we shout back with facts. One such fact is that the first Thanksgiving in the New World did not take place at Plymouth Bay Colony, Massachusetts. It took place on the Berkeley Hundred, or what is today known as the Berkeley Plantation on the James River. A group of 35 settlers under Captain John Woodlief disembarked the Margaret on December 4, 1619 to hold a Thanksgiving service a full year before the Plymouth Bay colonists landed in New England, and more than two years before the Pilgrims celebrated their famous festival.

To honor the event the elegant Berkeley Plantation celebrates the First Thanksgiving on the first Sunday of November every year. This year, my wife and I plan to attend. It should be a treat for the both of us. For her, because she’s never been to Berkeley. For me, because I fell in love with this James River Plantation the second I set eyes upon it. I will add more pictures in future posts, but in advance of the weekend’s festivities, I wanted to share a few pictures I took while on a history trip with my friend Brandon last year. Enjoy, and if you also attend this weekend’s Thanksgiving, feel free to say hello!

*For more information about this weekend’s events at Berkeley Plantation, please visit this link.

**All pictures are from my personal collection, and are copyrighted by Robert Van Ness, 2015.