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Authors who wrote about the new world include:

  1. Christopher Columbus

  2. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  3. Samuel de Champlain

  4. Thomas Harriot


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Christopher Columbus

  1. Journal written in 1492 (October 12 when he landed the boat)

  2. Discover a new route to the East

  3. Letters to Fernando and Isabel of Spain

  4. Description of first contact with the land and with indigenous people


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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  1. Wrote Naufragios (shipwrecks) in 1542

  2. Spanish conquistador that was shipwrecked and lost his crew

  3. Amazing six-year journey across the south living with natives, eventually ending in today’s Mexico

  4. Writing sympathized with indigenous groups and speak out against Spanish occupation


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Samuel de Champlain

  1. Pioneer for the “New France” (Canada) but recognized in northern New England and upstate New York (Lake Champlain, etc.)

  2. He wrote Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain in 1604 (English publication 1625) and other writings about exploits in the north


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Thomas Harriot

  1. A British astronomer and mathematician

  2. Learned the Carolina Algonquian language, which was instrumental for communicating his expeditions

  3. Visited the Roanoke Island settlement (mysteriously disappeared afterword)

  4. Wrote A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (published 1588)


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The Colonial Period Years

1620-1776

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“The First Years” Genres

  1. Chronicles of European explorers

  2. Captivity narrative

  3. Spiritual autobiographies

  4. Poetry, Drama, etc. (works approaching the novel as a genre)


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Pilgrims (The First Years)

  1. 16th century Henry VIII of England split from the Roman Catholic Church and created the Church of England

  2. The Separatists didn’t believe the king should head the church and broke off

  3. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, Mayflower

  4. Thought anyone could worship God and read the Bible in their own way


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Leader of the Pilgrims

William Bradford - lead the Pilgrims toward Virginia, but they ended up in Massachusetts Bay and landed in Plymouth in 1620

Came over on the Mayflower

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