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Excerpt, Travels In Georgia And Florida, 1773-74: A Report To Dr. John Fothergill, William Bartram, Devin Pallone, Rebecca Givens, Erin Pollack, Rebecca Decenzo Dec 1773

Excerpt, Travels In Georgia And Florida, 1773-74: A Report To Dr. John Fothergill, William Bartram, Devin Pallone, Rebecca Givens, Erin Pollack, Rebecca Decenzo

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"The 'Report to Dr. John Fothergill,' by William Bartram (1739-1823), recounts the naturalist’s adventure through the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, which he related back to his London patron. Fothergill funded Bartram to explore the pre-Revolutionary South in order to gather and artistically document specimens. During this period, Bartram drew animals and plants, while also collecting “nondescript” (undescribed) flowers and seeds, and Fothergill related information about how to properly package and ship the parcels overseas. The 'Report' represents a record of an active communication between two naturalist and patron, and the samples and advice were tools of acknowledgement and admiration between …

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Excerpt, Report Of The General Survey In The Southern District Of North America And The Atlantic Pilot, John William Gerard De Brahm, Nicole Fritz, Heather Wiseman, Gail Busjahn Dec 1770

Excerpt, Report Of The General Survey In The Southern District Of North America And The Atlantic Pilot, John William Gerard De Brahm, Nicole Fritz, Heather Wiseman, Gail Busjahn

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"Penned during a hiatus in 1771 from John William de Brahm's position as The Surveyor General of the Southern District of North America, he wrote the most popular of these volumes “Report on The General Survey.” The Atlantic Pilot, published in England in 1772, helped increase the British awareness of the coasts and geographical surroundings. Honoring the King’s orders, De Brahm made discoveries and surveyed the seas mapping and recording the safe navigation for future shipping."

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Excerpt, Description Of East Florida, William Stork, Jared Dimaggio, Layne Farmen Dec 1765

Excerpt, Description Of East Florida, William Stork, Jared Dimaggio, Layne Farmen

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"While living in Florida, William Stork wrote and published An Account of East Florida. This document was scientific and highly promotional. In this work, Stork described the local flora and fauna, but also encouraged people to settle in Florida, lauding the colony for its fertile soil, accommodating climate, and future trade opportunities."

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Journal, Diary Of A Journey Through The Carolinas, Georgia And Florida From July 1, 1765, To April 10, 1766, John Bartram, Michael Sadler, Brent Jowers Dec 1764

Journal, Diary Of A Journey Through The Carolinas, Georgia And Florida From July 1, 1765, To April 10, 1766, John Bartram, Michael Sadler, Brent Jowers

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"John Bartram (1699-1777), a Quaker, Pennsylvania farmer, and father of William, trained himself scientifically at a young age. John maintained an extensive correspondence with leading minds of the Enlightenment on both sides of the Atlantic. A life’s work in natural history earned Bartram an annual stipend of fifty pounds by King George III in 1765, and with that income, the elder Bartram and son William explored East Florida’s St. Johns River."

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Excerpt, Autobiography Of Mrs. Elizabeth Pilot (Nee Digby), Born 1742, Died 1826, With A Concluding Memoir By Her Daughter, Elizabeth Digby Pilot, Deborah L. Bauer Dec 1764

Excerpt, Autobiography Of Mrs. Elizabeth Pilot (Nee Digby), Born 1742, Died 1826, With A Concluding Memoir By Her Daughter, Elizabeth Digby Pilot, Deborah L. Bauer

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"Surviving primary source documents that detail life in East and West Florida during the British Period are exceedingly rare. Such journals or diaries written by women are even more scarce. Elizabeth Digby Pilot (1742-1826), wife of a British infantry officer, wrote one of only two known surviving accounts."

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An Essay On Currents At Sea, 1757, Joseph Mead Dec 1756

An Essay On Currents At Sea, 1757, Joseph Mead

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A thorough review of ocean currents, including their causes, effects, and significance for navigation and ecology.

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Excerpt, Narrative Of The Uncommon Sufferings And Surprizing Deliverance Of Briton Hammon, Briton Hammon, Gail Busjahn Dec 1746

Excerpt, Narrative Of The Uncommon Sufferings And Surprizing Deliverance Of Briton Hammon, Briton Hammon, Gail Busjahn

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"In his Narrative of the Uncommon Suffering (1747-1760), Briton Hammon recounts a series of remarkable confinements and escapes, before returning to servitude under his captor General John Winslow. While sailing from Massachusetts to Jamaica, Hammon’s ship wrecks off 'Cape Florida,' where the enslaved African lives among natives for five weeks."

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Journal, Relation Or Journal Of A Late Expedition To St. Augustine, Edward Kimber, Krista M. Coker Dec 1743

Journal, Relation Or Journal Of A Late Expedition To St. Augustine, Edward Kimber, Krista M. Coker

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"In A Relation or Journal of a Late Expedition to the Gates of St. Augustine, Edward Kimber relates his experiences as a soldier in James Oglethorpe’s raid on St. Augustine. The author was originally described as “a Gentleman, Volunteer in the said Expedition.” The raid was an attempt to further expand British holdings and take St. Augustine from Spanish control, being part of the long struggle between the two empires

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An Impartial Account Of The Late Expedition Against St. Augustine Under General Oglethorpe, Unknown Dec 1741

An Impartial Account Of The Late Expedition Against St. Augustine Under General Oglethorpe, Unknown

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A book described by the author as an abstract of the authentic report of the expedition against St. Augustine.

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Crisis Del Ensayo A La Historia De La Florida, Joseph De Salazar Dec 1724

Crisis Del Ensayo A La Historia De La Florida, Joseph De Salazar

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A short history of Florida spanning 200 years written by Joseph De Salazar.

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La Florida Del Inca: Historia Del Adelantado, Hernando De Soto, Governador, Y Capitan General Del Reino De La Florida. Y De Otros Heroicos Caballeros, Españoles, É Indios, Garcilaso De La Vega Dec 1722

La Florida Del Inca: Historia Del Adelantado, Hernando De Soto, Governador, Y Capitan General Del Reino De La Florida. Y De Otros Heroicos Caballeros, Españoles, É Indios, Garcilaso De La Vega

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A 366 page book describing Hernando de Soto's exploration of the Florida region and encounters with Indigenous peoples between 1539 and 1543.

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Letters, Petition To The King, February 12, 1699, April 10, 1966, And May 7, 1700, Don Patricio Hinachuba, Don Andres, Charles Ii King Of Spain (1661-1700), Rachel Louise Sanderson Dec 1698

Letters, Petition To The King, February 12, 1699, April 10, 1966, And May 7, 1700, Don Patricio Hinachuba, Don Andres, Charles Ii King Of Spain (1661-1700), Rachel Louise Sanderson

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"The letter from Don Patricio Hinachuba to the King is presented below along with selections from two other letters. The first is displayed in its entirety because so much of its value comes from its structure. Hinachuba purposefully constructed the letter according to courtly standards. Beginning with his distinguished introduction and extreme flattery, the letter gives the impression that among the many tragedies the most important was that his people were prevented from attending mass. The final two letters have been displayed in sections for the ease of the reader and to eliminate redundancies. In his response, the King emphasized …

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Excerpt, God's Protecting Providence, Jonathan Dickinson, Mikaela Perron Dec 1698

Excerpt, God's Protecting Providence, Jonathan Dickinson, Mikaela Perron

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"Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal, first printed in 1699 and originally titled God’s Protecting Providence, Man’s Surest Help and Defense, In Times of the Greatest Difficulty, and most Eminent Danger, […] From the cruel Devouring Jaws of the Inhumane Canibals of Florida, is a narrative of shipwreck and captivity. Though originally written as a report to the Spanish governor, the account was published by the members of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, who believed the narrative exemplified God’s guidance, intervention, and deliverance."

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Excerpt, Brevísima Relación De La Destrucción De La Indias, Bartolomé De Las Casas, Alisa Roberts Dec 1688

Excerpt, Brevísima Relación De La Destrucción De La Indias, Bartolomé De Las Casas, Alisa Roberts

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In his "Brevísima relación de la destrucción de la Indias, Las Casas describe absymal treatment of the natives."

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A Relation Of The Invasion And Conquest Of Florida By The Spaniards, Under The Command Of Hernando De Soto, Unknown Dec 1685

A Relation Of The Invasion And Conquest Of Florida By The Spaniards, Under The Command Of Hernando De Soto, Unknown

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An English translation of "A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards, Under the Command of Fernando de Soto." The book provides a detailed history of Spain's obtainment, occupation and rule of Florida. Originally published in 1686.

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Excerpt, Origin And Beginning Of The Game Of Ball That The Apalachee And Yustagan Indians Have Been Playing Since Pagan Times Until The Year Of 1676, Juan De Paiva, Mikaela Perron Dec 1675

Excerpt, Origin And Beginning Of The Game Of Ball That The Apalachee And Yustagan Indians Have Been Playing Since Pagan Times Until The Year Of 1676, Juan De Paiva, Mikaela Perron

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"Father Juan de Paiva's manuscript, detailing the ball game played by Florida natives, is valued today because it provides a first-hand account of the culture and customs of the seventeenth-century" Indigenous peoples.

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Broadside, Description Of A Great Sea-Storm, Unknown, Michael Sadler Dec 1670

Broadside, Description Of A Great Sea-Storm, Unknown, Michael Sadler

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"'A Description of a Great Sea-Storm' (1671) describes a crew caught in a hurricane off the coast of Florida from a survivor’s point of view. Little is known about this two-column broadside, other than the time and place of publication.

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Flora Sinensis, Fructus Floresque Humillime Porrigens, Serenissimo Et Potentissimo Principi, Ac Domino, Domino Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae Regi Florentissimo, Etc., Fructus Saeculo Promittenti Augustissimos, Michał Boym Dec 1655

Flora Sinensis, Fructus Floresque Humillime Porrigens, Serenissimo Et Potentissimo Principi, Ac Domino, Domino Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae Regi Florentissimo, Etc., Fructus Saeculo Promittenti Augustissimos, Michał Boym

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A natural history study of the flora and fauna of China, as described by Michał Piotr Boym, a visiting Jesuit missionary from Poland. The book includes hand-painted woodcut illustrations with descriptions of the medical properties and distribution of select plants.

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Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown Dec 1649

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown

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Antiphonals originally included only the antiphons sung before each Psalm during the Mass. They later came to contain the sung portions of the Divine Office as well as music and text for the entire Breviary. This particular leaf, from the Temporal, contains sections from the feast of the Ascension.

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Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown Dec 1649

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Antiphonals originally included only the antiphons sung before each Psalm during the Mass. They later came to contain the sung portions of the Divine Office as well as music and text for the entire Breviary. This particular leaf, from the Temporal, contains sections from the feast of the Ascension.

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Excerpts, Confessionario, Francisco Pareja, Emilio Moran, Mikaela Perron Dec 1631

Excerpts, Confessionario, Francisco Pareja, Emilio Moran, Mikaela Perron

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"The following excerpt is a series of questions that a Spanish Friar may have asked natives, in order to guide him or her through the Christian sacrament of confession."

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Excerpt, Martyrs Of Florida, Luis Geronimo De Oré, J. Michael Francis, Arielle Stevenson Dec 1618

Excerpt, Martyrs Of Florida, Luis Geronimo De Oré, J. Michael Francis, Arielle Stevenson

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Luis Geronimo de Oré's 1619 account of the 1597 "Juanillo's Revolt" "relies heavily on the captivity narrative of Florida Franciscan mission Fray Francisco de Ávila. The only friar left alive after the revolt, the narrative takes place during Ávila's ten-month imprisonment in Florida's interior pueblo of Tulufine."

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Poems, Les Muses De La Nouvelle France, Marc Lescarbot, Leah Hart Dec 1611

Poems, Les Muses De La Nouvelle France, Marc Lescarbot, Leah Hart

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Two of Marc Lescarbot's poems, one "Ode in Memory of Captain Gourgues of Bordeaux," and the other "Memorial of a Savage Floridian who Proposed to Die for the French."

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Poem, Sir Philip Sidney's Ourania, Nathaniel Baxter, Jay Looney Dec 1605

Poem, Sir Philip Sidney's Ourania, Nathaniel Baxter, Jay Looney

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"Nathaniel Baxter, born in Colchester, Essex, received his Master's degree from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1577. Following his time at Oxford, Baxter held several posts in the church, including warden of St. Mary's College, Youghal, Ireland, where he probably knew Edmund Spenser. ... In 1606 Baxter published his most notable work, excerpted here, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie Containing All Philosophie (1606).

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Excerpt, La Florida Del Inca, Garcilaso De La Vega, Amelia Zimmerman, John Varner Dec 1604

Excerpt, La Florida Del Inca, Garcilaso De La Vega, Amelia Zimmerman, John Varner

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Garcilaso de la Vega "published The Florida of the Inca … in 1605 … [his] account of the De Soto expedition, which contains quite a bit of elaboration."

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Excerpt, Historia General De Los Hechos De Los Castellanos En Las Islas Y Tierrafirme Del Mar Océano, Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas, Michelle Hendrix, T. Frederick Davis Dec 1600

Excerpt, Historia General De Los Hechos De Los Castellanos En Las Islas Y Tierrafirme Del Mar Océano, Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas, Michelle Hendrix, T. Frederick Davis

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"The selection below comes in two parts. The first, from Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas y Tierrafirme del Mar Océano, provides an overview account of the Indies, and includes a brief selection on De las Indias del Norte. The chapters “De la demarcación y division de las Indias occidentales” and “De las India del Norte” promote nationalistic pride for the Spanish crown and reflect the reverence held for conquistadors, even as they show restraint and objectivity in voice. The second part recounts Juan Ponce de Léon’s ill-fated expeditions in la Florida, one …

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Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Recto, Unknown Dec 1599

Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Recto, Unknown

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All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal. The recto contains a small mark in the right margin, next to verse four of Psalm 67 to signal fit reverentia, or 'all bow.' The Roman pagination in the upper right corner of both leaves (CXXXVIII and XCIX) indicates them as coming from pages 138 and 99 of the full Gradual.

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Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown Dec 1599

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown

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As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office.

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Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown Dec 1599

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown

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As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office. The verso of this leaf contains a catchword in black in the lower right corner indicating it was the last leaf in a quire.

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Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Verso, Unknown Dec 1599

Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Verso, Unknown

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All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal.

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