Book/Printed Material The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. anno Dom. 1650.

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  • Image 1 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... THE Discovery OF NEW BRITTAINE. BEGAN AUGUST 27, ANNO DOM. 1650. BY EDWARD BLAND, ABRAHAM WOODE, SACKFORD BREWSTER, AND ELIAS PENNANT. 7 3050 New York: REPRINTED BY J. SABIN AND SONS. 1873. m 2.w
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 2 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... ?9 63
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    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 3 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... THE DISCOVERY OF New Brittaine. Began August 27. Anno Dom. 1650. By Edward Bland, Merchant. Abraham Woode, Captaine. Gentlemen. Sackford Brewster, Elias Pennant, From Fort Henry, at the head of Appamattuck River in Virginia, to the Fals of Blandina, first River in New Brittaine, which runneth West, being 120. Mile South-west, between 35. & 37 degrees, (a pleasant Country,) of temperate Ayre, and fertile...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
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  • Image 5 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... To the Reader. WHO ever thou art that desirest the Advancement of Gods glory by conversion to of the Indi[???]s, the Augmentation of the English Common-wealth, in extending its liberties; I would advise thee to consider the present benefit and future profits that will arise in the wel setling Virginia's Confines, especially that happy Country of New Brittaine, in the Latitude of 35. and...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 6 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... attend New Plantations, being supplied with necessaries from the Neighbourhood of Virginia. That the Assembly of Virginia ( as may be seene by their Order since my returne heereto procured ) have conceived a hundred to be a sufficient force and competence for the establishment of that Country in which Tobacco will grow larger and more in quantity. Sugar Canes are supposed naturally to...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 7 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... October 20. 1650. By the Assembly. IT is Ordered by the Grand Assembly, that according to the Petition of Mr. Edward Bland, Merchant, that he the sayd Bland, or any other be permitted to discover and seate to the Southward in any convenient place where they discover; and that according to his Petition for furthering his Designes hee bee permitted to have correspondence with...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 8 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... PARADISE was created a part of this Earth, and seated in the lower part of Eden or Mesopotamia, containing also a part of Shinar and Armenia; it stands 35 degrees from the Equinoctiall, and 55 from the North-pole, in a temperate Climate, full of excellent fruits, chiefly of Palme-trees without labour; for whereinsoever the Earth, Nature, and the Sun can most vaunt that they...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 9 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. a... 1 The Discovery of New Britaine. AUGUST 27. 1650. The Right Honor able Sir W. Berkly, Kt. being Governour and Captaine Generall of Virginia, Edw. Bland Merch. Abraham Wood Capt. Elias Ponnant and Sackford Brewster Gent. foure Men, and one Indian named Pyancha, an Appamattuck for our Guide, with two servants, foure Horses and Provision, advanced from Fort Henry, lying on Appamattuck River at...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 10 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 2 hallow and the rest came in from their sculking holes like so many timerous Hares, and shewed us what curtesie they could. About two houres after came to us Oyeocker elder brother to Chounterounte one of the Nottaway Kings, who told us that his brother Chounterounte, and other of the Nottaway Kings would come to us next day by Noone, and that the...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 11 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 3 or pentator with small Boats, and some two miles higher there is a sound passage no deeper than a mans anckle: Within night came Chounterounte unto our Quarters frowning, and with a countenance noting much discontent, downe he sets, and lookes about him, salutes the English with a scornefull posture, and then our Appamattack Guide, and tels him, I am sorry for thee...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 12 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 4 found him, and all his men very unwilling we should go any further; but we told them, that let the waies and passages be never so bad, we were resolved to go through, and that we were not afraid of him nor his Nation, nor any other, for we intended no injury, and that we must go, for we were commanded by our...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 13 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 5 that opens it selfe into divers small Guts, made by the inundation of Freshes of Waters; and the passage lies some two hundred paces from the Path, and this Creek is some ten miles from Maharinecke Towne, and was by us named Newcombs Forrest. It was night when we enterd into Maharineck, where we found a House ready made for us of Matts;...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 14 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 6 effect to the Englishman in English, Latine, Spanish, French and Dutch, the Tuskarood promised in three dayes to meete us at Hocomawananck. In the afternoone came two Indians to our Quarters, one of whom the Maharinecks told us was the Werrowance of Hocomananck River, seemed very joyfull that wee could goe thither, and told us the Tuskarood would have come to us to...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 15 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 7 you must passe to get over, which River is about two hundred paces broad, and hath a high water marke after a fresh of at least twenty foot perpendicular by the trees in the breaches betweene the River, and the high land of the old fields. This River is the Southerly last and maine branch of Chawan River, and was by us named...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 16 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 8 such another river as Chickahamine River (which is a mile broad.) After we had passed over this River we travelled some twenty miles further upon a pyny barren Champion Land to Hocomawananck River, South, and by West: some twelve miles from Brewsters River we came unto a path running crosse some twenty yards on each side unto two remarkeable Trees; at this path...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 17 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 9 some great vallew, and there they met accordingly, and the King of Pawhatan went to salute and embrace the King of Chawan, and stroaking of him after their usuall manner, he whipt a bow string about the King of Chawans neck, and strangled him; and how that in memoriall of this, the path is continued unto this day, and the friends of the...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 18 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 10 and shape well; this place we named Pyanchas Parke: about three houres after we had taken up our Quarters, some of the Inhabitants came, and brought us roasting eares, and Sturgeon, and the Hocomawananck Indian that came with us from Woodford River, came not unto us untill next day, but his Warrowance told us before wee came from Woodford, hee could not come...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 19 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 11 and hardly passeable, without a way cut through them, and consists all of exceeding rich Land, and cleare fields, wherein growes Canes of a foot about, and of one yeares growth Canes that a reasonable hand can hardly span; and the Indians told us they were very sweet, and that at some time of the yeare they did suck them, and eate them,...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 20 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 21 one morning with 400. men treacherously slew 240. of the Blandina River Indians in revenge of three great men slaine by them, and the place we named Golgotha; as we were going to Blandina river we spake to Oyeocker our Guide to lead us the way, and he would not; but asked our Appamattuck Guide why we did not get us gone, for...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 21 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 13 lived, there is an Island within the River three dayes journy about, which is of a very rich and fertile soile, and that the upper end of the Island is fordable, not above knee deepe, of a stony bottome, running very swift, and the other side very deepe and navigable: Also we found many of the people of Blandina River to have beards,...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 22 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 14 us at Woodford River where hee came not, wee having some suspition that hee came from Woodford River that night, and that our Runner had not beene where we had sent him, through some information of our Nottaway guide, which afterwards proved true, by the Relation of the Werrowance of Blandina River, whom about fowre howres after wee had parted with the Kings...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 23 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 15 the Tuskarood King, ran to the Waynoakes, and he whom the Woodford Indians told us was the Werrowance of Blandina River, was a Woodford Indian, and no Werrowance, but done of purpose to get something out of us, and we had information that at that time there were other English amongst the Indians. September 3. By breake of day we journied from Woodford...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 24 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... 16 our Appamattuck Guide conceived were the Wainoake Spies, set out there to prevent our Journyings, and we found severall Agers about the place where the Indians told us the gun went off. Septemb. 4. About 8 of the Clock we travelled North, NorthEast some six miles, unto the head of Farmers Chase River, where we were forced to swimm our horses over, by...
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
  • Image 25 of The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. ... THE Discovery OF NEW BRITTAINE. Began August 27, Anno Dom. 1650. BY EDWARD BLAND, ABRAHAM WOODE, SACKFORD BREWSTER, AND ELIAS PENNANT. New York: REPRINTED BY J. SABIN AND SONS. 1873.
    • Contributor: Bland, Edward - Pennant, Elias - Brewster, Sackford
    • Date: 1651-01-01
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Title

  • The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. anno Dom. 1650.

Names

  • Bland, Edward, -1653.
  • Brewster, Sackford.
  • Pennant, Elias.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by T. Harper for J. Stephenson, 1651.

Headings

  • -  Virginia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  Woode, Abraham

Notes

  • -  The British Museum catalogue lists two copies each having a map, but the map appears from the description to be the one engraved for and published in Edward Williams' Virginia in America, London, 1851. It is questionable whether any map was originally included in Bland's work. cf. Huth library catalogue, 1880; also Phillips, Virginia cartography, 1896.
  • -  ESTC R23184
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: Ex libris Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow.
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-05-22 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 4 p.l., 16 p. front. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F229 .B62

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  • 04029775

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Bland, Edward, -1653, Sackford Brewster, and Elias Pennant. The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. anno Dom. London, Printed by T. Harper for J. Stephenson, 1651. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04029775/.

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Bland, E., Brewster, S. & Pennant, E. (1651) The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. anno Dom. London, Printed by T. Harper for J. Stephenson. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04029775/.

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Bland, Edward, -1653, Sackford Brewster, and Elias Pennant. The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27. anno Dom. London, Printed by T. Harper for J. Stephenson, 1651. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04029775/>.