04042oam 2200601I 450 991015458260332120230808200625.01-351-87079-31-315-23335-510.4324/9781315233352 (CKB)3710000000965497(MiAaPQ)EBC4758351(OCoLC)965543170(BIP)63376464(BIP)13099268(EXLCZ)99371000000096549720180706e20162007 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWriting North America in the seventeenth century English representations in print and manuscript /Catherine ArmstrongLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (237 pages) illustrations, mapsFirst published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.0-7546-5700-0 1-351-87080-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. 'Printing and adventuring' : the convergence of literature and discovery -- 2. The geography and climate of North America -- 3. Representations of the American landscape -- 4. Colonists and the flora of America -- 5. The fauna of North America -- 6. Representations of English society in Virginia : intentions and realities -- 7. Representations of English society in New England : intentions and realities -- 8. Transmission and reception of American news in England.Since the first permanent English colony was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 and accounts of the new world started to arrive back on the English shores, English men and women have had a fascination with their transatlantic neighbours and the landscape they inhabit. In this excellent study, Catherine Armstrong looks at the wealth of literature written by settlers of the new colonies, adventurers and commentators back in England, that presented this new world to early modern Englanders. A vast amount of original literature is examined including travel narratives, promotional literature, sermons, broadsides, ballads, plays and journals, to investigate the intellectual links between mother-country and colony. Representations of the climate, landscape, flora and fauna of North America in the printed and manuscript sources are considered in detail, as is the changing understanding of contemporaries in England of the colonial settlements being established in both Virginia and New England, and how these interpretations affected colonial policy and life on the ground in America. The book also recreates the context of the London book trade of the seventeenth century and the networks through which this literature would have been produced and transmitted to readers. This book will be valuable to those with interests in colonial history, the Atlantic world, travel literature, and historians of early modern England and North America in general.English prose literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismGeographical discoveries in literatureTravelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticismVoyages and travelsEarly works to 1800Literature and historyEnglandHistory17th centuryColonies in literatureAmericaDiscovery and explorationBritishEarly works to 1800English prose literatureHistory and criticism.Geographical discoveries in literature.Travelers' writings, EnglishHistory and criticism.Voyages and travelsLiterature and historyHistoryColonies in literature.828/.409327Armstrong Catherine.947597MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154582603321Writing North America in the seventeenth century2141049UNINA