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Discoveries of America is a collection of personal letters written by eighteen of the thousands of British emigrants who came to North America in the fifteen years preceding the onset of the American Revolution. These accounts are rare: few letters sent by emigrants during the colonial period exist. The letters reveal the motivations, experiences, characteristics, and emotions of these people, who populated America at a crucial time in its history, and provide new insights into the mechanisms of

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Author

Barbara De Wolfe

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521385428

Category

history

Subjects

History, Science, Renaissance

Updated

2026-03-24