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ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Collections of Teaching Materials
Teacher Guide
Champlain Among the Mohawk, by David Hackett Fischer
Guide
Jamestown Hangs in the Balance, by James Horn
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Why Jamestown Matters, by James Horn
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Essays from This Era
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Title
Author
Issue
A Fateful Experiment at Jamestown
James Horn
Winter 2020
1619: The Year That Shaped America
James Horn
Winter 2019
Jamestown Hangs in the Balance
James Horn
Winter 2010
Finding the Real Jamestown
William M. Kelso
Winter 2008
To Plan A Trip
October 2006
Four Centuries of Tidewater History
October 2006
A Family Trip to Williamsburg
Jane Colihan
March 2003
Roanoke Lost
Karen Ordahl Kupperman
August/September 1985
The Tempest
Avery Kolb
April/May 1983
Consider The Oyster
Joseph Conlin
February/March 1980
Digging Up Jamestown
Ivor NoËl Hume
April 1963
Was John Smith A Liar?
Marshall Fishwick
October 1958
A Pox on the New World
Charles C. Mann
Winter 2010
Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609
David Hackett Fischer
Spring 2009
Native Americans First See White Men from the Shore
Colin G. Calloway
Spring 2009
First Encounters
Willard Sterne Randall
Spring 2009
The French Explorer Who Ended Up As a Meal
Steven Rinella
September 2001
De Soto Ravages the South
Peter Cozzens
Summer 2023
De Soto And The Golden Road
Victor W. Von Hagen
August 1955
Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor
John E. Worth
Summer 2009
A Desperate Trek Across America
Andrés Reséndez
Fall 2008
The Passion of Hernando De Soto
Timothy Severin
April 1967
How The Indian Got The Horse
Francis Haines
February 1964
De Soto Ravages the South
Peter Cozzens
Summer 2023
De Soto And The Golden Road
Victor W. Von Hagen
August 1955
The Passion of Hernando De Soto
Timothy Severin
April 1967
Documents
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia, 1610-1611.
A True Declaration of the Estate in Virginia, 1610
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
Samuel De Champlain Voyages, 1604
Images
Title Page of Nova Brittania: Offering Most Excellent Fruits by Planting in Virginia, Illustrated with Sailing Ship, 1609.
Village of Secotan