Early Americas Anthology

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Exploration and Discovery to 1600

Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506)

• “Letter from the Fourth Voyage”

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca (circa 1490 – circa 1557)

• Account of Cabeza de Vaca

Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552 – 29 October 1618)

• Discovery of the large, rich and beautiful empire of Guinana

Thomas Hariot (c. 1560 – July 2, 1621)

• From A breife and true report of the new found land of Virginia

Samuel Champlain (circa 1570-1635)

• The Founding of Quebec

Section 2: New World Identities: Regional Exploration and Contact

New Spain:

• El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

• Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (November 12, 1651 [or 1648, according to some biographers] – April 17, 1695)
  • Selected Poems

New France:

• Jerome Lalemant

• Louis Hennepin

• Chretian Le Clercq

Middle Atlantic:

• Powahatan & John Smith Dialogues

• Richard Ligon

• John Lederer

• Nathaniel Bacon

New England:

• Sarah Kemble Knight

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samson Occom

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Olaudah Equiano

• Briton Hammon

• Jon Marrant

• Judith Sargent Murray

• Phillis Wheatley

Section 3: Contested Visions: Revolution and Nation

• Sarah Kemble Knight

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samson Occom

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Olaudah Equiano

• Briton Hammon

• Jon Marrant

• Judith Sargent Murray

• Phillis Wheatley