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English colonial claims and early settlements outlined
The text traces English rights to North American lands from Chesapeak Bay to the Pacific, citing charters, grants by Charles I and II, and early explorations by Drake, Cabot, Gilbert, and Gilbert’s 1583 St Lawrence possession. It argues Britain preoccupied all lands from 29 to 36 degrees north and asserts Canada and Louisiana disputes were misunderstandings of preexisting English discovery and fiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellé-Hle
Hudson’s Bay Company
Chesapeak Bay
Walter Ralégh
North Carolina
Charles I
Atlantic Ocean
South Seas
Robert Heath
Charles II
Pacific Ocean
Carolina
Carolinas
Georgia
Louisiana
Missisippi
Francis Drake
New Albion
England
Lewis XIV
Sieur Crozat
New Mexico
Englisty
Carolina, &c
Canada
Britain
France
America
New France
Cabot
St. Laurence
Humphry Gilbert
St. Lawrence River