弗吉尼亚公司档案（Virginia Company Archives） 是研究大西洋世界与早期殖民地时期的基础资料之一。提供了伦敦弗吉尼亚公司1606－1624档案记录的弗吉尼亚的建立与经济发展，Ferrar家庭在北美洲落户的持续兴趣，不列颠－美洲间贸易，早期弗吉尼亚种族与性别构成，殖民者与美洲原住民的早期紧张关系等。这也是早期现代伦敦经济史的一个关键资源，同时有助于社会与宗教史学家的研究。
An essential source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period.
This resource documents the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. It shows the continuing interest of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas and provides a rich source for the study of trade between Britain and America.
There is valuable evidence on the ethnic and gender composition of Virginia and new evidence of tensions among the colonists and of early relations with Native Americans. This is also a crucial source for London’s economic history and will be welcomed by religious and social historians of Early Modern England.
Period Covered
- 1590 - 1790
Highlights
- Previously unpublished transcripts by Dr David Ransome of around 500 documents from the Virginia Company Archives
- A searchable text of The Records of the Virginia Company of London (4 vols, Washington DC, Government Printing Office, 1906-1933).
- The complete Ferrar Papers from Magdalene College, Cambridge
- An extensive contextual introduction to the Ferrar papers, family trees, and items on the life of Nicholas Ferrar
Source Archive
- Magdelene College, Cambridge
Material Types
- Manuscripts
- Transcripts
- Maps
- Illustrations
Subjects
- Economic development
- Trade between Britain and America.
- Ethnic and gender composition of Virginia
- Tensions amongst the colonists and of early relations with Native Americans
- London's economic history
- Religious history
- Social history of Early Modern England