Colonial Period 1600 1775 category: 1137 books
First Americans: A History of Native Peoples, Combined Volume
A History of Native Peoples, PowerPoints
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting the complexity and diversity of their cultures and their experiences. Native voices permeate the text and shape its narrative, underlining the agency and...
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
An Account of his Travels and Experiences among the North American Indians from 1652 to 1684
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636–1710) was a French-Canadian fur trader and explorer. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Medard des Groseilliers who was about 20 years older. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company....
The Caribbean
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
In this new edition of his crucial introduction to Caribbean history, Gad Heuman provides a comprehensive overview of the region's history, from its earliest inhabitants to contemporary political and cultural developments. Topics covered include:
- The Amerindians
- Sugary and Slavery
- Race,...
by Annie Lash Jester
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Excerpt
...The 1232 persons living in Virginia, January, 1625, dwelt at twenty-five locations. Several of these were large plantations, such as Peirsey's Hundred, Mr. Treasurer's (George Sandys'), Martin's Hundred, Captain Roger Smith's, Captain Samuel Mathews', Mr. Crowder's, Mr. Blaney's and Newport...
The Mayflower Ship's Log (Complete 6 Volume Edition)
Day to Day Details of the Voyage, Characteristics of the Ship: Main Deck, Gun Deck & Cargo Hold, Mayflower Officers, The Crew & The Passengers
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
To civilized humanity world-wide, and especially to the descendants of the Pilgrims who, in 1620, laid the foundations of that civil and religious freedom upon which has been built a refuge for the oppressed of every land, the story of the Pilgrim "Exodus" has an ever-increasing value and...
by James R. Perry
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The dissolution of the ill-starred Virginia Company in 1624 left Virginia -- now England's first royal colony -- without a formal raison d'etre. Most historians have suggested that the nascent local societies were anarchic, under the thrall of violent and unscrupulous men.
James Perry asserts...
Virginia 1619
Slavery and Freedom in the Making of English America
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Virginia 1619 provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive legacy of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Maps were at the heart of cultural life in the Americas from before colonization to the formation of modern nation-states. The fourteen essays in Early American Cartographies examine indigenous and European peoples' creation and use of maps to better represent and understand the world they inhabited.
Drawing...
by Diane Stevenson Stone
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
For thirteen-year-old Mary Chilton, every day is filled with adventure. She is surrounded by friends and family, and her windmill house feels like a castle to her. But Mary can't forget that her family was forced to leave their last home because of their religion, and even in Holland, things are looking...
by Henri Grégoire
Language: French
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: October 21, 2014
THÉMISTOCLE annonce aux Athéniens que, pour accroître la puissance de la république et la délivrer d’un ennemi redoutable, il a un moyen infaillible, mais qui ne peut être révélé au public. Aristide est nommé pour être dépositaire...
Nieuw Amsterdam
De oorsprong van New York
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 16, 2017
In Nieuw Amsterdam toont Russell Shorto aan hoe groot de invloed van die jaren ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ waren voor het huidige New York. Russell Shorto is schrijver en journalist voor The New York Times Magazine. Eerder verscheen van hem in vertaling De botten van Descartes. In 2013 verscheen Amsterdam....
by Robert Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Journals of Robert Rogers of the Rangers is the firsthand accounts of American frontiersman Robert Rogers. He led the "Rogers' Rangers" during the French and Indian War.
by Philip Pittman
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi was written in 1770. It provides an incredible look into the state of the western frontier during the 18th century. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.
by Walter O'Meara
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Guns at the Forks is a special reissue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. In a spirited, intelligent, and informative history, O’Meara tells the story of five successive forts, particularly Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, and the dramatic part they played in the war...