U.S. History: Documents: 17th Century American Historical Documents
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| Author | Title | Edition | Format | Price | Puborg |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1492: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal [Aug.-Nov. 1492] | 1492 | Html | Free | MedvSourceBook |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1492: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal [Aug.-Oct. 1492] | 1492 | Html | Free | MedvSourceBook |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1492: Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus [in Olson & Bourne, The Northmen] | 1492/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1492: Priviledges & Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus Apr30 | 1492 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1493: Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea [Epistola De Insulis Nuper Inventis] | 1493 Basel | Html | Free | USMaine |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1494?: Christopher Columbus, letter to the King & Queen of Spain | 1494 | Html | Free | UKansas |
| 1498: Letters Patents of King Henry VII to John Cabot & Sonnes, for Discouerie of New Lands Mar5 | 1498 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1503: Letter of Columbus on the Fourth Voyage [in Olson & Bourne, The Northmen] | 1503/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Ponce de Leon, Juan, 1460?-1521, et. al. | 1513: History of Juan Ponce de Leon's Voyages to Florida: Source Records [Fla. Hist Soc Q.] | 1513/1935 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485?-1527 | 1524: Voyage of John de Verazzano, along the Coast of North America, from Carolina to Newfoundland, A.D. 1524 | 1524/1841 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Mendoza, Antonio de, 1492?-1552 | 1528: A Letter Written by the Most Honorable Lord Don Antonio de Mendoza, Vice-Roy of Nueva Espanna, to the Em | 1528/1905 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Marco, da Nizza, ca. 1495-1558 | 1528: Relation of the Reverend Father Frier Marco de Nica, Touching His Discovery of the Kingdom of Ceuola or | 1528/1905 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, 16th c. | 1528: The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca & His Companions from Florida to the Pacific 1528-1536 | 1528/1905 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557 | 1534: First Relation of Jaques Carthier of S. Malo, 1534 [Newfoundland, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence] | 1534/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557 | 1535: Shorte and Briefe Narration (Cartier's Second Voyage), 1535-1536 [Newfoundland, St. Lawrence River, sit | 1536/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Hakluyt, Richard | 1536: Voyage of M. [Robert] Hore [northwest passage; Newfoundland] | 1536/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Soto, Hernando de, ca1500-1542 | 1539: Letter of Hernando de Soto at Tampa Bay to the Justice and Board of Magistrates in Santiago de Cuba [Fl | 1539/1904 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo Fernandez de, 1 | 1539: Narrative of De Soto's Expedition Based on the Diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, His Private Secretary [Florida] | 1539/1904 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Hernandez de Biedma, Luys | 1539: Relation of the Conquest of Florida ...by Luys Hernandez de Biedma in the Year 1544 to the King of Spain | 1544/1904 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Ulloa, Francisco de | 1539: The Voyage of Francisco de Ulloa, 1539 | 1539/1904 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Castaneda de Najera, Pedro de, 16th c | 1540: Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542 [ed: George Parker Winship] | 1540/1904 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 1510?-15 | 1540: The Journey of Coronado, 1540-42, ... City of Mexico to the Grand Canon ... Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kan | 1904 NY | Html | Free | UArizona |
| Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557 | 1541: Third Voyage of Discovery Made By Captaine Jaques Cartier, 1541 [St. Lawrence Riv.] | 1541/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez] | 1542: Relation of the Voyage of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, 1542-1543 | 1542/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Laudonniere, Rene Goulaine de | 1562: History of the First Attempt of the French (The Huguenots) to Colonize the Newly Discovered Country of F | 1562/1869 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Sparke, John | 1565: The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire [slaves from Africa; to West Indies, Florida, Huguenots] | 1565/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Pardo, Juan, 16th c | 1566: Account of Florida, 1566-1568 [Smithsonian Inst. Pr.] | 1566/1990 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Hawkins, John (Sir) 1532-1595 | 1567: Third Troublesome Voyage Made with the Jesus of Lubec, 1567-1568 [African Coast slaves; West Indies; ea | 1567/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1578: Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte June11 | 1578 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| Drake, Francis (Sir) 1540-1596 | 1579: Sir Francis Drake on the California Coast | 1579/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Bustamente, Pedro de | 1581: Declaration of Pedro de Bustamente, 1582 | 1581/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Barrado, Hernando | 1582: Declaration of Hernando Barrado, 1582 [southwest; murder of missionaries] | 1582/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Espejo, Antonio de | 1583: Account of the Journey to the Provinces and Settlements of New Mexico, 1583 | 1583/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1583: Brief & True Account of the Exploration of New Mexico | 1583/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| 1583: Report of the Viceroy to the King [southwest] | 1583/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| Hayes, Edward | 1583: Voyage of Sir Humfrey Gilbert, Knight, 1583 [via Newfoundland, St. John Harbor, Cape Breton] | 1583/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Barlowe, Arthur | 1584: Captain Arthur Barlowe's Narrative of the First Voyage to the Coasts of America [Pamlico Sound; Roanoke | 1584/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Elizabeth I | 1584: Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh | 1584 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law |
| Lane, Ralph (d. 1603) | 1585: Lane's Account of the Englishmen Left in Virginia, 1585-1586 | 1585/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Lane, Ralph, d. 1603 | 1586: Third Voyage to Virginia, 1586 | 1586/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| White, John, 1570-1615 | 1587: The Fourth Voyage Made to Virginia in the Yere 1587 | 1587/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| White, John, 1570-1615 | 1590: The Fifth Voyage of M. John White, 1590 [Canaries, West Indies, American Coast; colonists gone at Roano | 1590/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1596: Record of Marches by the Army, New Spain to New Mexico, 1596-98 | 1596/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| Onate, Juan de, 1549?-1624 | 1596: True Account of the Expedition of Onate toward the East [the Indian Joseph; Apaches; > Texas, Oklahoma, | 1596/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1597: Salazar Inspection, 1597 [to New Mexico] | 1597/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| 1598: Trial of the Indians of Acoma, 1598 [New Mexico] | 1598/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| 1599: Account by an Indian of the Flight of Umana & Leyba from New Mexico | 1599/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| Onate, Juan de, 1549?-1624 | 1599: Account of the Discovery of the Buffalo | 1599/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Onate, Juan de, 1549?-1624 | 1599: Account of the Discovery of the Mines | 1599/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Onate, Juan de, 1549?-1624 | 1599: Account of the Journey to the Salines, the Xumanas, & the Sea | 1599/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Onate, Juan de, 1549?-1624 | 1599: Letter Written by Don Juan de Onate from New Mexico | 1599/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Valverde y Mercado, Francisco de | 1601: Investigation of Conditions in New Mexico, 1601 | 1601/1953 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Vizcaino, Sebastian, 1550?-1615 | 1602-3: Diary of Sebastian Vizcaino, 1602-1603 [Mexico, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Cape Mendocino] | 1603/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Ascension, Antonio de la | 1602: Brief Report of the Discovery in the South Sea [Mexico, the coast of California, southern Oregon] | 1602/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Brereton, John, 1572-ca1619 | 1602: Briefe & True Relation of the Discoverie of the North Part of Virginia in 1602 | 1602/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Pring, Martin, 1580-1646 | 1603: The Voyage of Martin Pring, 1603 [Maine coast; Plymouth Harbor] | 1603/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Zarate Salmeron, Geronimo de | 1604: Journey of Onate to California by Land [Arizona, California] | 1604/1916 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Champlain, Samuel de, 1567-1635 | 1604: Voyage of Samuel de Champlain, 1604-1608 [Prince Society, v2; tr. Charles P Otis] | 1604/1878 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| Rosier, James, 1575-1635 | 1605: True Relation of Waymouth's Voyage, 1605 [Nantucket; Maine; developed a dictionary of Abnaki words] | 1605/1906 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1606: The First Charter of Virginia; Apr10 | 1606 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1609: The Second Charter of Virginia; May23 | 1609 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1611: The Third Charter of Virginia; Mar12 | 1611 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| Bradford, William, 1588-1657 | 1620: Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation" | 1898 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc |
| 1620: Charter of New England; Nov3 | 1620 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1620: Mayflower Compact; Nov11 | 1620 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1621: Charter of the Dutch West India Company; Jun3 | 1621 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1621: Ordinances for Virginia; July 24-Aug3 | 1621 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1622: A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges & John Mason Aug10 | 1622 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1623: Virginia Planters' Answer to Captain Butler | 1907 | Graphic | Free | WiscHistSoc | |
| 1629: Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford & Associates Jan13 | 1629 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1629: Grant of Hampshire to Capt. John Mason, Nov7 | 1629 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1629: Sir Robert Heath's Patent 5 Charles 1st; Oct30 [Carolinas] | 1629 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1629: The Charter of Massachusetts Bay; March 4 | 1629 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1632: Charter of Maryland; Jun20 | 1632 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law | |
| 1635: Grant of Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, By the Name of Masonia; Apr22 | 1635 | Html | Free | YaleU-Law |
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