Discourse Concerning Western Planting

Discourse Concerning Western Planting

Discourse Concerning Western Planting was a document written by Richard Hakluyt in 1584[1]

This document was written to convince Queen Elizabeth I to support the colonization schemes of Walter Raleigh and to encourage English merchants and gentry to invest in those enterprises[2].

The document makes the following points:

  1. The British Empire must convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
  2. In the future, the empire should not buy exotic goods from the Spanish empire, but directly by his colonies.
  3. The English people without work can come here.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Richard Hakluyt — Infobox Writer name = Richard Hakluyt imagesize = caption = Hakluyt depicted in stained glass in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral – Charles Eamer Kempe, c. 1905. pseudonym = birthdate = c. 1552 or 1553 birthplace =… …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Hakluyt — Hakluyt sur un vitrail du parement ouest du transept sud de la cathédrale de Bristol (1905) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Britisches Empire: Das erste britische Empire in Nordamerika —   Freibeutertum und koloniale Propaganda   Die Anfänge des englischen Expansionismus in der Neuen Welt gehen auf die Entdeckungsfahrten im Gefolge des englischen Seefahrers italienischer Herkunft, John Cabot, mit italienischem Namen Giovanni… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Mayflower Compact — This bas relief depicting the signing of the Mayflower Compact is on Bradford Street in Provincetown directly below the Pilgrim Monument …   Wikipedia

  • Of Plymouth Plantation — The front page of the Bradford journal Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the… …   Wikipedia

  • France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …   Universalium

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”