The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New EnglandPenguin, 2007 M04 24 - 336 páginas The most important personal accounts of the Plymouth Colony, the key sources of Nathaniel Philbrick's New York Times bestseller Mayflower National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick and his father, Thomas Philbrick, present the most significant and readable original works that were used in the writing of Mayflower, offering a definitive look at a crucial era of America's history. The selections include William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" (1651), the most comprehensive of all contemporary accounts of settlement in seventeenth-century America; Benjamin Church's "Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War 1716," an eye-opening account from Church's field notes from battle; and much more. Providing explanatory notes for every piece, the editors have vividly re-created the world of seventeenth-century New England for anyone interested in the early history of our nation. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... miles off course and months behind schedule , they stumbled on a harbor they named Plymouth . By the following spring they'd established an alliance with Massasoit , the leader of the Wampanoags . That fall they hosted what turned into ...
... miles off course and months behind schedule , they stumbled on a harbor they named Plymouth . By the following spring they'd established an alliance with Massasoit , the leader of the Wampanoags . That fall they hosted what turned into ...
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... Ocean 43 ° 00 ' 42 ° 00 ' 0 Miles 50 0 Kilometers 50 6800 ' © 2005 Jeffrey L. Ward. ( Castine ) o Kennebec ( Augusta ) Monhegan formare Cape Cod Eastham Barnstable • Yarmouth Nantucket Island 70 ° 00 ' 69.00 ' Penobscot.
... Ocean 43 ° 00 ' 42 ° 00 ' 0 Miles 50 0 Kilometers 50 6800 ' © 2005 Jeffrey L. Ward. ( Castine ) o Kennebec ( Augusta ) Monhegan formare Cape Cod Eastham Barnstable • Yarmouth Nantucket Island 70 ° 00 ' 69.00 ' Penobscot.
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... their brethren out of the city unto a town sundry miles off called Delftshaven , where the ship lay ready to receive them . So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve 6 THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS.
... their brethren out of the city unto a town sundry miles off called Delftshaven , where the ship lay ready to receive them . So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve 6 THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS.
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... miles on the coast of his own Italy , as he affirmed that he had rather remain twenty years on his way by land than pass by sea to any place in a short time ; so tedious and dreadful was the same unto him . " But here I cannot but stay ...
... miles on the coast of his own Italy , as he affirmed that he had rather remain twenty years on his way by land than pass by sea to any place in a short time ; so tedious and dreadful was the same unto him . " But here I cannot but stay ...
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... Mr. William Brewster , their reverend Elder , and Miles Standish , their Captain and military commander , unto whom myself , and many others , were much beholden in our low and sick condition . And yet OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION 15.
... Mr. William Brewster , their reverend Elder , and Miles Standish , their Captain and military commander , unto whom myself , and many others , were much beholden in our low and sick condition . And yet OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION 15.
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From William Bradford | 107 |
From Edward Winslow | 143 |
From Thomas Morton | 154 |
From Mary Rowlandson | 166 |
From Benjamin Church | 212 |
Notes | 289 |
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