The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590, Volume I

by David Beers Quinn

Documents to Illustrate the English Voyages to North America Under the Patent Granted to Walter Raleigh in 1584 (Works Issued By the Haklut Society, 2nd Ser., No. 104.): Monumental two-volume treasury chronicles first serious English attempts to explore and colonize North America. Authentic documents include patents, signet letters, and Raleigh s History of the World , many other sources. Each document introduced and annotated. Indispensable resource for students of American history.

Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

David Beers Quinn was an Irish historian who wrote extensively on the voyages of discovery and colonisation of America. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he graduated from Queen's University, Belfast in 1931. He then completed a PhD on the early Tudor administration in Ireland at King's College London. He subsequently spent five years as lecturer at University College, Southampton (now Southampton University). Returning Belfast in 1939 he taught Irish history.