Excerpts from a pamphlet published in 1609 in favor of English settlement in Virginia.

This pamphlet describes “Nova Britannia: offering most excellent fruits by planting in Virginia, exciting all such as be well effected to further the same.” Note how the pamphlet promotes natural resources that were in short supply in Europe.

Citation Information: Johnson, Robert, “Nova Britannia,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/486af4f251ec6fee6645041926ce400a.

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Item 7 of 10 in the Primary Source Set Powhatan People and the English at Jamestown

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Excerpts from a pamphlet published in 1609 in favor of English settlement in Virginia.

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Item 7 of 10 in the Primary Source Set Powhatan People and the English at Jamestown