Record #:

20444

Author(s):

Quinn, David B.

Abstract:

Christopher Newport was a prominent English captain who was involved in several important expeditions. Newport sailed one of the ships on the 1590 Jamestown expedition. The author recounts the events of the Jamestown Expedition to Roanoke Island but focuses primarily on the activities of Christopher Newport based on new archival material discovered by the Hakluyt Society.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 29 Issue 3, July 1952, p305-316, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775