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Accounts of exploration and exploitation Explore: Exploit:

The first known and sustained contact between the Americas and the rest of the world began with the famous voyage of Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus in _____________ The voyage was funded by Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella Columbus kept a journal, “Epistola”, which was printed in 1493 Told of the trip’s drama, including the crew’s terror Near-mutinies Columbus’s trickeries The first sighting of land as they neared America

The first English colony was set up in 1585 in Roanoke, North Carolina Disastrous!!! Thomas Hariot A Brief and True Report of the New-Found Land of Virginia Scientific and accurate Widely translated and published for over 200 years Jamestown, Virginia was established in 1607 Starvation, brutality and misrule Literary accounts pain America in glowing colors as “the land of riches and opportunity John Smith – romantic exaggerator Pocahontas

Diaries Letters Travel Journals Ship Logs Reports to financial backers

Historical Narratives: accounts of real-life historical experiences either given by someone who experienced the events first hand OR someone who has observed or studied them. Slave Narrative: An American literary genre that portrays the life of slaves as written by the slaves themselves after having gained their freedom Olaudah Equiano

Pirates, adventurers and explorers led to more permanent colonists Not just English Since England eventually took possession of North American colonies, the best known colonial-literature is English

Creation myth- explains how the universe, earth and life began Essentially religious and present the cosmic views (how the world is organized) of the cultural groups that create them Joseph Campbell – scholar and mythology expert Four Functions of Myth  Instill a sense of awe towards the mystery of the universe  Explain the workings of the natural world (cosmology)  Support and validate social customs  To guide people through the trials of living