Thomas Hariot
A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Frankfurt, 1590)
Newberry Library (Ayer *f150.5 V7 H2 1590)
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This eyewitness account by the renowned mathematician Thomas Hariot (1560-1621) records the fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's 1585 colony at Roanoke Island. It was illustrated with engravings based on the eye-witness drawings of John White (d. 1593). Like many Europeans, Hariot and White admired the courage and ingenuity of Native Americans, but were puzzled by their unfamiliar customs.

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