A Voyage to Virginia in 1609 Two Narratives: Strachey's "True Reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas

To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Press reissues its first-ever publication. The volume's two accounts of the 1609 wreck of a Jamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of American colonization, but the dramatic events' even g...

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Abstract To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Press reissues its first-ever publication. The volume's two accounts of the 1609 wreck of a Jamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of American colonization, but the dramatic events' even greater claim to fame is for serving as the inspiration for William Shakespeare's last major work,The Tempest. William Strachey was one of six hundred passengers sailing to Jamestown as part of the largest expedition yet to Virginia. A mere week from their destination, the fleet's flagship, Sea Venture, met a tropical storm and wrecked on one of the islands of Bermuda. Strachey's story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropical island for eleven months and-in an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulness-used local cedarwood, along with the wreckage of their own ship, to construct two seaworthy boats and continue successfully on their voyage. Strachey's frankness about his fellow travelers, mutinies on the island, and the wretched condition in which they finally found Jamestown kept his document from being officially published initially, but it circulated privately in London, where one of its early readers was William Shakespeare. The second narrative in this volume, by Strachey's shipmate Silvester Jourdain, covers the same episode but includes many fascinating details that Strachey's does not, including some that made their way intoThe Tempest. Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this great maritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offers today's reader the raw material that inspired Shakespeare's masterpiece.
AbstractList To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Press reissues its first-ever publication. The volume's two accounts of the 1609 wreck of a Jamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of American colonization, but the dramatic events' even greater claim to fame is for serving as the inspiration for William Shakespeare's last major work,The Tempest. William Strachey was one of six hundred passengers sailing to Jamestown as part of the largest expedition yet to Virginia. A mere week from their destination, the fleet's flagship, Sea Venture, met a tropical storm and wrecked on one of the islands of Bermuda. Strachey's story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropical island for eleven months and-in an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulness-used local cedarwood, along with the wreckage of their own ship, to construct two seaworthy boats and continue successfully on their voyage. Strachey's frankness about his fellow travelers, mutinies on the island, and the wretched condition in which they finally found Jamestown kept his document from being officially published initially, but it circulated privately in London, where one of its early readers was William Shakespeare. The second narrative in this volume, by Strachey's shipmate Silvester Jourdain, covers the same episode but includes many fascinating details that Strachey's does not, including some that made their way intoThe Tempest. Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this great maritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offers today's reader the raw material that inspired Shakespeare's masterpiece.
To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Pressreissues its first-ever publication. The volume's two accounts of the 1609 wreck of aJamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of Americancolonization, but the dramatic events' even greater claim to fame is for serving as theinspiration for William Shakespeare's last major work, TheTempest. William Strachey was one of six hundred passengers sailing toJamestown as part of the largest expedition yet to Virginia. A mere week from their destination, thefleet's flagship, Sea Venture, met a tropical storm and wrecked on one of the islands ofBermuda. Strachey's story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropicalisland for eleven months and-in an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulness-usedlocal cedarwood, along with the wreckage of their own ship, to construct two seaworthy boats andcontinue successfully on their voyage.Strachey's frankness about his fellowtravelers, mutinies on the island, and the wretched condition in which they finally found Jamestownkept his document from being officially published initially, but it circulated privately in London,where one of its early readers was William Shakespeare. The second narrative in this volume, byStrachey's shipmate Silvester Jourdain, covers the same episode but includes many fascinatingdetails that Strachey's does not, including some that made their way into TheTempest.Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this greatmaritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offerstoday's reader the raw material that inspired Shakespeare'smasterpiece.
To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Press reissues its first-ever publication. The volume's two accounts of the 1609 wreck of a Jamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of American colonization, but the dramatic events' even greater claim to fame is for serving as the inspiration for William Shakespeare's last major work, The Tempest. William Strachey was one of six hundred passengers sailing to Jamestown as part of the largest expedition yet to Virginia. A mere week from their destination, the fleet's flagship, Sea Venture, met a tropical storm and wrecked on one of the islands of Bermuda. Strachey's story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropical island for eleven months and—in an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulness—used local cedarwood, along with the wreckage of their own ship, to construct two seaworthy boats and continue successfully on their voyage. Strachey's frankness about his fellow travelers, mutinies on the island, and the wretched condition in which they finally found Jamestown kept his document from being officially published initially, but it circulated privately in London, where one of its early readers was William Shakespeare. The second narrative in this volume, by Strachey's shipmate Silvester Jourdain, covers the same episode but includes many fascinating details that Strachey's does not, including some that made their way into The Tempest. Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this great maritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offers today's reader the raw material that inspired Shakespeare's masterpiece.
Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this great maritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offers today's reader the raw material that inspired Shakespeare's masterpiece.
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Presented with modern spelling and punctuation, this great maritime drama and unforgettable firsthand look at the profound struggle to colonize America offers...
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Bermuda Islands
British
Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775
Discovery and exploration
Early works to 1800
HISTORY
Sea Venture (Ship)
Shipwrecks
United States
Virginia
Subtitle Two Narratives: Strachey's "True Reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas
TableOfContents Front Matter Table of Contents FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE INTRODUCTION A True Reportory of the Wreck and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, upon and from the Islands of the Bermudas A Discovery of the Bermudas, Otherwise Called the Isle of Devils
Title Page, Copyright Contents Foreword to the Second Edition Preface Introduction I II III IV A Discovery of the Bermudas, Otherwise Called the Isle of Devils
Title A Voyage to Virginia in 1609
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