Jamestown

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Excerpt from Jamestown: A Sketch of the History and Present Condition of the Site of the First Permanent English Settlement in America The charter under which England's first permanent colony was established was issued by James 'april roth, 1606. It defined Virginia as the territory lying between the 34th and 4sth parallels of north latitude, and extending from the seashore 100 miles inland. Three years later it was described as reaching from ocean to ocean, which was probably the intent of the original description. It is a matter of! Passing interest that the area of the New England and Middle States was thus once a part of ancient Virginia, the Mother of Colonies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.