General Sites on "New" Worlds and European Expansion
Literature
and Geography: A Special Issue of Early Modern Literary Studies On-line
links to articles and reviews in this journal issue, an interactive discussion
forum, plus a collection of links on geography and literature. (Richard
Helgerson and Joanne Woolway Grenfell, eds.)
Documents on Discovery This
site provides access to such documents as the "Voyages To Vinland"
(c. 1000), Amerigo Vespucci's "Account Of His First Voyage"
(1497) (trans.), and John Cabot's "Discovery Of North America."
(1776.com)
From Revolution to Reconstruction
This project includes historical documents and essays relating to pre-WWI
American History and contains some especially relevant transcriptions
of primary documents. (Arts Faculty, U. of Groningen) Primary texts include:
Christopher
Columbus', "Letter to the King and Queen of Spain" (Undated,
probably 1494)
Richard
Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" (1584)
Samuel de Champlain's Voyages (1604)
Instructions
for the Virginia Colony (1606)
The
First Virginia Charter (April 10, 1606)
The
Mayflower Compact (November 1620)
History of Cartography: THE
Gateway to the Subject A scholarly site with extensive and easily
accessible links on everything cartographic, from map collections, to
conferences, to exhibitions, prizes, catrographic books and journals,
societies and commercial map sites. (Tony Campbell, Institute of Historical
Research, London)
Narrative
and Maps: Historical Studies in Cartographic Storytelling An on line
exhibit, with images and brief readings of maps drawn from a conference
on the same subject, excerpts from a lecture series and an edition of
"Mapline," an on-line cartographic journal; and resources for
"Teaching
with Historical Maps." (Newberry Library)
Continental Epics
Ludovico Ariosto
Orlando Furioso
by Ludovico Ariosto (1474 - 1533) English translation transcribed from
Bulfinch's Mythology. (U. of Kansas)
Torquato Tasso
Gerusalemme Liberata
("Jerusalem Delivered") Edward Fairfax, Trans., transcribed 1600 edition
in English.(Douglas B. Killings, UCBerkeley Digital Library)
The
Recoverie of Hierusalem translated into English by R.C., Esquire
(1594) Fascimile from Early English Books Online.
Luis de Camoes
Luis
Vaz de Camões Biography (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Luis Vaz de Camoes
On-line (in English and Portugese) Links to biographical information
and his sonnets, Os Lusiads, his eclogues, songs and other selected
works..
The Lusiad,
or, Portugals historicall poem (1655) English translation fascimile
from Early English Books Online.
New World Essays
Michel de Montaigne
Michel Eyquem de
Montaigne Biography Biography with suggestions for further reading.
(Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland)
Michel
Montaigne Biography Site includes a time line of his life and works,
as well as links to an on line edition of The
Essays. (Bill Uzgalis, Oregon State U.)
English Authors on New Worlds
Sir Thomas More
Meta Sites:
Sir Thomas More
Primary texts of his writings, including Utopia, plus historical
and critical essays, and links to More resources. (Luminarium)
Thomas More
Website (Saint Thomas More Society)
With links to textual and biographical information including:
A Chronology
of More's Writings
Thomas More's Travels Maps and details of More's travels.
His Works:
Utopia Early
English Books Online fascimile of 1556 English translation by Raphe Robynson.
Many other editions and translation are available from EEBO.
On-Line
Fascimile of the 1518 Basel Latin edition of More's Utopia
(Universitat Bielefeld)
Bibliography
of Sir Thomas More's Utopia (Early Modern Literary Studies,
U. of Toronto)
Interactive
EMLS seminar on More's Utopia (Early Modern Literary Studies,
U. of Toronto)
Overview
of Utopia from the 1518 Edition (San Antonio College, LitWeb)
Richard Hakluyt
Biographic Sites:
Christ
Church College and Richard Hakluyt A biography which relates Hakluyt's
life to other prominent writers and to works of literature such as Twelfth
Night.(Christ Church, Oxford)
His Works:
"The
principall nauigations, voiages and discoueries of the English nation"
(1589) Early English Books Online fascimile edition.
"The
principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English
nation" (1599) Early English Books Online fascimile edition,
Richard
Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" (1584) (Arts Faculty,
U. of Groningen)
Thomas Hariot
Meta Sites:
Thomas Hariot
His writings, a brief biography, essays on his works, and an image of
Hariot. (Luminarium)
Thomas
Hariot Biography With particular detail about his mathematical and
astronomical achievements. (U. of St. Andrews)
His Works:
"A briefe and
true report of the new found land of Virginia" Early English
Books Online fascimile edition of the 1588 edition
"A briefe and
true report of the newfoundland of Virginia". Early English Books
Online fascimile edition of the 1590 edition with woodcuts by Theodore
de Bry.
A
Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia: An Archive Edition
Facsimiles and transcriptions of both the 1588 and 1590 editions, with
critical apparatus. (Melissa S. Kennedy, U. Virginia)
Thomas
Harriot's Moon Drawings Harriot's drawings of his telescopic observations,
1609-1610 (Albert Van Helden)
Theodore De Bry
Woodcuts Includes images appended to Hariot's "Briefe and True
Report" (Troy Johnson, CSU Long Beach)
John Hawkins
The Third
Troublesome Voyage Early English Books Online facsimile edition of
individual printing (separate from Hakluyt printing).
Job Hortop
"The Travailes"
Early English Books Online facsimile edition of individual printing (separate
from Hakluyt printing).
Sir Francis Drake
Meta Sites:
Sir Francis Drake
Home Page A collection of links on Drake's writing, life and voyages.
(Nova Albion Research, Oliver Seeler)
His Works:
"Raid
on Cádiz," Sir Francis Drake (1587) (Dave Stewart, Hillsdale
College)
Sir Edmund Spenser
Meta Sites:
Edmund Spenser Home
Page Extensive links to biography, online texts, and additional resources.
Site includes online editions of:The Faerie Queene, Shepheards Calendar,
Amoretti and Epithalamion,"The Ruines of Time," and
many other letters and sonnets. (Faculty of English, Cambridge U.)
His Works:
Representative
Poetry On-line's Edmund Spenser Page Includes additional primary texts
not included on the Cambridge page, such as several hymns, and "A
View of the Present State of Ireland." (U. of Toronto)
A
Search Engine for The Faerie Queene (Renasccence Editions,
Richard Bear, U. of Oregon)
The Faerie Queene.
Early English Books Online fascimile of the 1596 edition.
The Shepheardes
Calender Early English Books Online fascimile of the 1579 edition.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Meta Sites:
Lecture
on the "Discoverie of Guiana" Selections from the lecture
and images of Guiana, including a 19th century map of Raleigh's Guiana.
(Luz Elena Ramirez, SUNY - Oneonta)
Sir Walter Raleigh
Page Site includes numerouslinks to and on Raleigh's life, travels
and works. (Luminarium.org)
Search for the Lost Colony
(Roanoke Revisited)
His Works:
Discovery
of Guiana This transcription has modernized spelling and includes
a brief biography of Raleigh. (Bibliobytes.com)
"The discouerie
of the large, rich, and bevvtiful empire of Guiana" EEBO fascimile
of the 1596 edition
"Sir
Walter Rawleigh his apologie for his voyage to Guiana" (1650)
EEBO
from "The
Dutie of a King in His Royal Office" by Sir Walter Ralegh (1599)
(Michael Powers, U California, Irvine)
Guiana
"A
relation of the second voyage to Guiana" by Lawrence Kemys
(1596) EEBO
"A relation
of a voyage to Guiana" by Harcourt, Robert (1613) EEBO
The Tempest
Critical Works:
The Tempest Carey-Webb, Allen. "National
and Colonial Education in Shakespeare's The Tempest." EMLS 5.1. (May
1999) (Early Modern Literary Studies, U. of Toronto)
Kathman, David.
"Dating The Tempest" Article argues similarities between
the play and Stracheky's True Reportory suggest a date for Shakespeare's
composition. (Shakespeare Authorship Page)
Multhopp, Volker. "Undating
The Tempest." An Oxfordian who argues against using William
Strachey's letter to date The Tempest.
The Text:
The Tempest
Chadwyck-Healy Database has numerous editions, from the Home Page search
under the heading "Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare."
Shakespeare
Illustrated's Tempest Page Paintings of scenes from The
Tempest accompanied by the supporting verses from the play.
Aphra Behn
Meta Sites:
Annotated
Bibliography on Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (Jack Lynch, Rutgers
U.)
Parallels:
Female Contemporaries of Aphra Behn (Women's Early Music Webring)
Her Works:
Oroonoko, or, The Royal
Slave (1688) (Chadwyck-Healy) A searchable and readable transcription
of the full text. Once you get to the Chadwyck-Healy Home Page search
under "Early English Fiction" for Behn's text.
Oroonoko, or,
the Royal Slave (1688) An Early English Books Online fascimile.
Other Voices from "New" Worlds
An Aztec
Account of the Conquest of Mexico (c.1519) (Modern History Sourcebook,
Fordham U.)
Leo
Africanus: "Description of Timbuktu" from The Description
of Africa (1526) (Paul Brians, Washington State U.)
Spanish Accounts of the "New" World
Bartoleme
de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies (1542)
(Bruce Dorsey, Swarthmore College)
The
Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca (1542) (Archives of the West,
PBS)
On Virginia
The Colony
At Roanoke by Ralph Lane (1586) (National Center for Public Policy
Research)
Return
To Ronoake John White (1590) (University Lake School)
Instructions
for the Virginia Colony, 1606 (AMDOCS, U. of Kansas)
Captain
John Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer
Isles (1624) (Bruce Dorsey, Swarthmore College)
Arthur
Barlowe, First Voyage to Virginia (1584) (Bruce Dorsey, Swarthmore
College)
Theodore De Bry
Woodcuts (Troy Johnson, CSU Long Beach)
Misc.
Sir
Humphrey Gilbert's "Voyage To Newfoundland, 1583" (Modern
History Sourcebook, Fordham U.)
Francis Bacon's The
New Atlantis (The Art Bin)
Thomas
Morton, Description of the Indians in New England (1637) (Bruce Dorsey,
Swarthmore College)
Henry Hudson biography,
historical context, information on and images from his voyages, links
and a chronology of the life and voyages of English explorer (Ian Chadwick)
The Letters
Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three
Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and
Unknowen Lands (Avalon Project, Yale Law School)
If you have any suggestions, comments or questions about this web
page please feel free to contact me at rmw2@umail.ucsb.edu.
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