Early Colonial Expeditions and the

Early Colonial Expeditions and the "Little Ice Age", 1520-1610

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Table of Contents

Central Question

Learning Objective

Historical Background

Timeline

PRIMARY SOURCES

José de Acosta Explains the Puzzle of the New World’s Climates, 1590　

Spanish Settlers Petition to Leave a Miserable Colony and Climate, 1576

A Settler of New Mexico Complains of "Eight Months of Winter and Four of Hell," 1602

Thomas Hariot Reports Indians Asking Him to Pray for Rain at Roanoke, 1590　

Samuel de Champlain Recounts a Harsh Winter in St. Croix, from The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1613

William Strachey Describes the "Tempest" That Left Ships Bound for Jamestown Wrecked on Bermuda, 1610

George Percy Remembers Jamestown’s Starving Time, c. 1625

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