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Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe, gedaan in 't jaar 1603. Van Bristol na 't noorder-gedeelte van Virginien. :, Mitsgaders een tweede reys in 't selve jaar 1603. na Virginien, gedaan van Kap. Bartholomeus Gilbert, beschreven door Mr. Thomas Canner, een edelman uyt Bernards-Inne, Gilberts reys-genoot. Nu aldereerst uyt het Engelsch vertaald. Met konst-printen en register verrijkt
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
The Dutch text 'Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe' (1706) is a translation of an English account originally published in Samuel Purchas's 'Purchas His Pilgrimes' (1625). While the original English source material exists and is well-documented, there is no evidence of an English translation of this specific Dutch edition. Therefore, this Dutch text represents a unique historical document that has not been translated back into English.
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In 1603, English mariners sailed toward North America with hopes of trade, fortune, and empire. These accounts reveal the stark reality of early colonial encounters, from the promise of bountiful cod fisheries to the lethal dangers of first contact.