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Voyage of Discovery? Source 3

A description of the land and people of what Drake called Nova Albion (on the west coast of North America). Taken from Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, Vol.1, pp.52-53

A Description of Nova Albion. Taken from Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, 1625.

A Description of Nova Albion. Taken from Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, 1625.

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Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q6. Do you think that the Amerindians had ever seen Europeans before? Why?

Q7. What do you think the Europeans thought of the Amerindians?

Q8. Using the description given in the source, draw a picture of the Amerindian settlement.

 

 

 

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