This is an essential source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period. It documents:
- the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624.
- the continuing interest of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas.
- trade between Britain and America.
- the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia.
- tensions amongst the colonists and of early relations with Native Americans.
Access: IP
Selector: John Tofanneli
The trial runs through September 22, 2011