Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A Trewe Relacyon by George Percy

In this account George Percy tells of the settlement at Jamestown, paying particular attention to relations with the Native Americans and the famine that devastated and almost destroyed the colony. Percy's interest in defending his own actions rings clear through the text. There's also an interesting move in the beginning when Percy insists that Virginia's sufferings are common--indeed similar to those experienced by the French and the Spanish.

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