Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635
Even the queen has been caught up in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. This exhaustively researched volume lists the original colonists as well as several thousand planters, merchants, glassmakers, haberdashers, laborers, mariners, maidservants, transported vagrants, and others who came after them, along with some of the Indians they encountered. For many there is little surviving documentation, and these are given just a line or two. For others there are more detailed histories. Also here are descriptions of various surrounding settlements and plantations. A useful glossary explains the meaning of recurring terms, like ancient planter. Indispensible for collections in the region and all comprehensive history collections. Quinn, Mary Ellen