Record #:

13201

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Published in 1588 and written by Thomas Harriot, the book, A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia became the first English work written about America.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 8, Sept 1954, p23

Subject(s):

Literature; Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621

Record #:

38888

Author(s):

Abstract:

Pemisapan (Wingina was King of Algonquian Indians on Roanoke Island and land across from it. He is first mentioned by Arthur Barlowe in his fact finding mission report of 1584 to Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1585, the Ralph Lane colony settled on Roanoke Island and Wingina took the name Pemisapan. Pemisapan decided to unite the coastal tribes to destroy the English and Ralph Lane decided he was a trouble maker that need to be destroyed. On June 15, 1586, Lane and twenty five men crossed the Croatan Sound and called Pemisapan and a few Indians out. Lane’s men then shot them; Pemisapan being crippled ran for the woods and was shot in the buttocks. He was killed in the woods by Thomas Harriot and Edward Nugent, who returned with the king’s severed head.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 2, April 2015, p38 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pemisapan (Wingina) (d. 1586) King of Algonquian Indians; Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621

Record #:

41241

Author(s):

Klingelhofer, Eric

Abstract:

The First Colony Foundation’s efforts have yielded the recognition of its lesser known figures. Stafford’s contributions to European exploration included helping to lead the 1585 expedition and establish the Roanoke colony. Related to his identity is the author’s examination of several Stafford families possibly including him. Speculations of Stafford’s importance in permanent European settlements, had his life not been cut short, include involvement in Jamestown.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p283-298 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

First Colony Foundation--Sir Walter Raleigh; Raleigh, Sir Walter, 1552-1618; Roanoke Colony; Stafford, Edward--Roanoke Colony; White, John,1540-1593; Lane, Ralph (d. 1603) Governor of First Colony in NC; Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621; TIGER (flagship); Kendrick Mounts--see also Cape Kendrick; Stafford, Edward, 1563-ca. 1604; DeBry, Theodore--see also Theodor de Bry; Drake, Francis, Sir; Roanoke Island--History