Three Visitors to Early Plymouth (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Account of the Pilgrim Settlement in New England During its First Seven YearsBy John Pory, Emmanuel Altham, Isaack de Rasieres
Length3h 13m
About this audiobook
Three Visitors to Early Plymouth gathers three rare eyewitness accounts that illuminate the fragile beginnings of English settlement in New England. Through travel narrative, diplomatic observation, and mercantile correspondence, the collection presents Plymouth not as a settled myth but as a contested, improvised community. Its varied prose styles—curious, practical, descriptive, and at times sharply comparative—offer invaluable glimpses of colonial governance, religious life, Indigenous relations, trade, and everyday survival. John Pory, Emmanuel Altham, and Isaack de Rasieres wrote from distinct positions within the expanding Atlantic world: English colonial administration, transatlantic commerce, and Dutch colonial diplomacy. Together, their voices situate Plymouth within broader seventeenth-century networks of empire, migration, rivalry, and exchange. Their accounts complement and complicate familiar Pilgrim narratives, revealing how outsiders interpreted the colony's institutions, vulnerabilities, and ambitions during its formative years. This volume is recommended for readers seeking a compact yet richly suggestive entry into early American history and colonial literature. By placing multiple observers side by side, it encourages comparison rather than passive reception, inviting readers to consider how perspective shapes historical record. It is especially valuable for students, scholars, and general readers interested in the documentary textures of encounter, settlement, and cultural negotiation.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length3 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Three Visitors to Early Plymouth (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Preface
4John Pory (1572-1635)
5John Pory to the Earl of Southampton
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6John Pory to the Governor of Virginia (Sir Francis Wyatt)
7Emmanuel Altham (1600-1635/1636)
8Emmanuel Altham to Sir Edward Altham
9Emmanuel Altham to Sir Edward Altham
10Emmanuel Altham to James Sherley
11Emmanuel Altham to Sir Edward Altham
12Isaack de Rasieres (1559-1669 or later)
13Isaack de Rasieres to Samuel Blommaert129
14Bibliographical Note
15Memorable Quotes
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