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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author William Strachey, Silvester Jourdain
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2013
Edition2
Subjects
17th century
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
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Table of Contents:
  • 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