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A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia : of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants discouered by the English colony there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the yeere 1585, which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh lord warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised by her Maiestie and her letters patents / by Thomas Hariot, servant to the abovenamed Sir Walter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621, author.
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Virginia--Early works to 1800.
- Indians of North America.
- Virginia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
- North Carolina--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- North Carolina.
- Roanoke Colony--Early works to 1800.
- Roanoke Colony.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33, [74] pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), portrait (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia : of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants discovered by the English colony there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the yeere 1585, which remained under the governement of twelve monethes at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh
- Place of Publication:
- Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, 1590.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed November 1, 2023).
- Second sequence comprises text and 28 plates by Theodor de Bry from drawings by John White, with special title page: The true pictures and fashions of the people in that parte of America now called Virginia ... / diligentlye collected and draowne by Ihon White ... now cutt in copper and first published by Theodore de Bry.
- Includes index.
- Translated out of Latin into English by Richard Hacklvit.
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