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Jerry Brotton reveals what drove people to head to England, and how foreign visitors both shaped, and were shaped by, the Tudor capital

Europeans were eager for Native Americans to tell them the location of precious metals and the source of beaver pelts....

It is true in a sense to say the New World's people discovered Europe – but Caroline Dodds Pennock’s On Savage Shores overstates their case

Hannah Bunn West has shone a spotlight on some little-known, impactful women in the history of the Outer Banks.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Members of three American Indian tribes came to Greenville on...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Members of three American Indian tribes came to Greenville on...

"Manteos World" is a treasure trove of information from retired Old Dominion University anthropologist Helen C. Rountree.

The watercolors that White produced during his yearlong voyage can be found in two sources: a collection of originals at the British Museum in London and the illustrated edition of Hariot’s A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. Hariot’s illustrated report, published by Theodor de Bry in 1590, includes etchings based on White originals, some of which were later lost. Many more of White’s illustrations were destroyed when, as the colonists deserted Virginia, Drake’s...

What It Was Really Like For Native Americans Who Traveled To Europe By Sarah Crocker/Feb. 24, 2021 1:26 pm EDT Much has been made of the various European-led conquests, expeditions, and contacts that deeply changed the fabric of Native American life beginning centuries ago. Whether thats Christopher Columbus arriving in whats now Puerto Rico in 1493, Vikings settling down in Canada, or any other similar tale, however, thats not the whole story. As it turns out, the Atlantic Ocean has never be...