53°
A M E R I C A .
in 1606. T h e latter h*s d r a w n up a curious M j $ g j « K
tempts- 1 T h e Iroquois or Ira k is , many- o f- jh e lakes, &e. K H P
difcovered by the French between 160,9
repaired to Canada, which afterwards became * f e n and f tn f lQ p g
' 1576. Frobifher, in fearch o f a N- W . paffage, difbovgred t r a i t s
which retain his name. - .. , , , .
IC78. Sir. H umphrey Gilbert obtained a patent fo r W m
America In 1583 he difcovered and took poffeffion M I M M l 1
St. J o h n , and ti^ c o tm try to the fouth, but w a s> R on h ja re tum . g |
T h e v o y a g e o f Drake round the world km d le the çnthufxafm
o f th eEn gU O ii and Ralegh obtained, * * $ # 0
G lf c 8 4 Tw o fmall veffels difpatched b y Ralegh M M l |
their comfe to that country now called N o rth H n V ’
idg the noble bays o f Çhefapek or Delawar. T h e y to n c jie d ^ t ,an
ifland called Wokoeon, probably Ocakoki,
Pamlico- Sound \ and afterwards at Roanoke n e a r t f e o |A l|e -
marle Sound.* Thefe veffels returned to England, j y U g f j
• natives • and Elizabeth affigned to tMsjregiqn tfie name
appellation which became laxly-applied* to the
North America, till it was confined to a d i f f e r e n t ^ q tE y l rQ ^ f e j i -
,ginal Virginia. « r cv
I 5 8 c. Ralegh fent a fmall colony, wider th e c o m m a n d p ® ?
Richard Grenville, .who fettled in the ifle o f Roanoke, a moft incommodious
and ufelefs. ftation, whence they returned in The account
o f thisSettlement, iiluftrated with excellent'prints, was publdhed
under the aufpices o f Ralegh ; t who made other unfuccefsful-attempts
t m m Ê Ê Ê È Ê M I J o h n ™ e , i n t |j r i o u s account
° j H s S § a s i MM I È i h « i l l . cent continent, called Secotan and Weapemeoc, winch now fem to belong
.. . .t •_ c...nÜ M É■RInf tJ1i rè nook 1H deePb iqtere.fti
ment of thé English power in America : and it feems to have g
leftion of Voyagea publiihçd by D e Bry.
«ui.6> «. the earlieft mom>-
;i£e to the noted, Latin Col-
AMERICA. 531
to eoteiiiSM the dotintry,<4hd a fte rw aM s^ fe l^ ||W h x s patent to feme
merchants, who were c o n tje h ^ with, a pettyrtriage. At the 'death of
Elizabeth, ii^ ^ k h e re ^W a s* h o ^ fe e ^E n g lifhm an fettlielf in America :
anti the Spaniards and h ad formed any eftablifhment
on tha&yaft contffle^.].;^
ThelveneVabl'e Hakluyt, anxious that his countrymen Jho.uld partake
of the benefit o f ‘ colonies-, "proctired an al^'datioriibf menlqf rank and
|w B ts for tM^’ and' avp a ten t $ras g r i l l e d '% April
th dptoth, 1606, th a t monarch beldg^whol]y4u|ie#Lfcii|®s'skhat he was
effsblilh an independent, and^^ia|^hty ^empire. ■ The bay ’q^f
Ch<ffeelc'wa6 di&dveredrin 1 6 0 ^ and bheilfjrftlkfliing fottlemenl, was
foMpjfed at James T o v0 -;' i'li 'vnqdern VS#gmi^|p^a|)t|in,v.S£n.ilh^ who
afterwards p u blilhed ’an accountjof&has-voyag^ difpl-ayed* ijJnarkabfo
fpirit- atid gnterprizfe: yet the colony wa s.abbdt^o^Jua:11 to England
whdffsLord Delawar arrived in i t i r o ; ' Mti tfeo,#g^ he remained "Only
a 1-® r t fimeV'^et hife ‘p ru d en t VoMudi firmly «eftahliftied the' fetderaéîît.'
’ T h e fubfequent events '
following ■ table, extracted from
chfefëpdchs'.
'NAMÆS OF PLACES', . V HÉII,, %ÉT. D*
- * '
. - t
Newfovmdland, - - - JmicV"- 'ïf iia .
hitiv York, 1
N^'J^rfey, - - about lö it j
f
- - - - r -1 - , - IÖ 2 0 .
New Hamplhiré, - L,;-. -1623.
Delifesf,' J
i? é n nfylva n i a, X > 1 > -
Maflachufetts Bay, - HMaMMp " .i,62‘S..
Maryland. - - - ‘ - - , ï®33-
'Copne&icut* " - -
khöde Ifland, - --
"Ke* Jerley, . . .
votild be "tedioub to detail, but the
Mr. M'orfe’S Work, will Jupply the
By tte
~ïïy FöYd cDelavvai'. .
By, ’Go’ftBSWjt', John ’ &
„By.jtheMÉ) ateb'. -
By part of Mr. Kobinfon’s congregation. 1
By a fmall Englifli cplony néai- the nipüth of Pjf-
cata'quaiivèi>
By thé Swedes and Fiiilandérsi 1
By Captain John Endicot and company. i
By Lord Balt-imore, with a èólony of Roman Ca-
:x;@yüKpliè|t * '
By Mr. Fenwick, at Saybroók, near the mouth '■
V of Connedticut 'river.
By Mr. koger WilKafns, and his1 peffecuted bre-
1 ‘J 1
'’Granted to the Diikè ofYork%^tSar&B'fl,"anJV
- ’ > made a diftin£t;government', and fettled fomc
>i time befóre this b.y the Éiigli/lv. v 1