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The first decade conteyning the historie of travell into Virginia Britania : manuscript, [1612].
Author
Strachey, William, 1572?-1621
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
English
Description
1 v. (150 p.) ; 30 cm.
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Special Collections - Manuscripts
C0199 (no. 1416) Oversize
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Subject(s)
Indigenous peoples of North America
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Virginia
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Virginia
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Description and travel
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17th century
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Virginia
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History
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Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Indigenous Studies
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Engraver
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
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Related name
Smith, John, 1580-1631
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White, John, active 1585-1593
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Former owner
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1564-1632
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McCormick, Cyrus H. (Cyrus Hall), 1859-1936
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Leconfield, Charles Henry Wyndham, Baron, 1872-1952
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Petworth House
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Binder
Riviere & Son
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Getty AAT genre
Drawings
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Engravings
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Maps
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Virginia
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1612
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Compiled/Created
[1612].
Summary note
Manuscript, written in unknown hand, with dedication and corrections written in Strachey's hand. Extra-illustrated with 27 of Theodor de Bry's 1590 engravings of John White's drawings of Virginia (handcolored) and a copy of John Smith's 1612 map of Virginia (1st state). Cf. Brown.
Notes
Later published as: Historie of travaile into Virginia Britannia, 1849.
Binding note
Brown calf; in green morocco slipcase by Riviere & Son.
Provenance
Strachey presented this copy to Henry Percy, the ninth Earl of Northumberland in 1612, in whose family it remained until acquired by Cyrus McCormick via Quaritch at the Sotheby's sale of April 23, 1928, lot 142.
Source acquisition
Gift; Cyrus H. McCormick, Class of 1897. Acc. no. MS 1230.884q.
References
Brown, J.C. Cat., v. 2, pt. 1, p. 89
Sotheby & Co. (London, England). Catalogue of exceedingly rare and valuable Americana, with some important books & manuscripts largely from the library of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, sold by the order of his descendant, the Right Hon[oura]ble, Lord Leconfield (1928), lot 142 (p.63-69).
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Other title(s)
Historie of travell into Virginia Britania
Historie of travaile into Virginia Britannia
OCLC
49654488
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