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A Discourse Concerning Western Planting: Written in the Year 1584 by Richard Hakluyt, Now First Printed from a Contemporary Manuscript (Cambridge, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1877), by Richard Hakluyt, ed. by Charles Deane, contrib. by Leonard Woods
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Filed under: America -- Discovery and exploration -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Early works to 1800

A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap

Filed under: America -- Discovery and exploration -- English -- Early works to 1800

The English Hero, or Sir Francis Drake Reviv'd (London: Printed for N. Crouch, 1695), by R. B. (page images at LOC)

Filed under: America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse -- Early works to 1800

The Discoveries of the Norsemen on the Northeast Coast of America: Their Attempt at Colonization (reprinted from Transactions and Proceedings of the Geogrpahical Society of the Pacific, 1910), by Snorri Sturluson, trans. by Gustave Niebaum
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Filed under: America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800

De Insulis Inuentis (illustrated Latin edition, ca. 1493), by Christopher Columbus, trans. by Leandro di Cosco (multiple formats at archive.org)
Historia de las Indias (5 volumes in Spanish; Madrid: M. Ginesta, 1875-1876), by Bartolomé de las Casas
La Florida del Inca: Historia del Adelantado Hernando de Soto, Gobernador y Capitán General del Reino de la Florida, y de Otros Heróicos Caballeros Españoles é Indios (new edition in Spanish, in 2 volumes (marked as v6 and 7 of a larger series); Madrid: Los Hijos de Doña Catalina Piñuela, 1829), by Garcilaso de la Vega (page images at HathiTrust)
A Discourse Concerning Western Planting: Written in the Year 1584 by Richard Hakluyt, Now First Printed from a Contemporary Manuscript (Cambridge, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1877), by Richard Hakluyt, ed. by Charles Deane, contrib. by Leonard Woods
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Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, Written on Board the Caravel While Returning From His First Voyage (translations into Latin and English; Chicago: W. H. Lowdermilk Co., 1893), by Christopher Columbus (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America: A Facsimile of the Pictorial Edition, With a New and Literal Translation, and Complete Reprint of the Oldest Four Editions in Latin (New York: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the Lenox Library, 1892), by Christopher Columbus, contrib. by Wilberforce Eames (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: America -- History -- To 1810 -- Early works to 1800

An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies (4 volumes; London: Printed for the editor et al., 1795), by William Winterbotham
An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies (second edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for the compiler, 1799), by William Winterbotham (page images at HathiTrust)
An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West Indies (4 volumes; New York: Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien for J. Reid, 1796), by William Winterbotham

Filed under: Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Early works to 1800

The English Hero, or Sir Francis Drake Reviv'd (London: Printed for N. Crouch, 1695), by R. B. (page images at LOC)

Filed under: France -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800

Some Considerations on the Consequences of the French Settling Colonies on the Mississippi, With Respect to the Trade and Safety of the English Plantations in America and the West-Indies (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1720), by James Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800

The Importance of the British Plantations in America to This Kingdom: With the State of Their Trade, and Methods for Improving It; as Also a Description of the Several Colonies There (London: Printed for J. Peele, 1731), by F. Hall (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Administration of the Colonies (London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1764), by Thomas Pownall (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Declaration of the People's Natural Right to a Share in the Legislature, Which is the Fundamental Principle of the British Constitution of State (John Adams' personal copy; London: Printed for B. White, 1774), by Granville Sharp (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Letter to the Right Honourable Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, on the Connection Between Great Britain and Her American Colonies (London: Printed for T. Becket, 1768), by George Canning (multiple formats at archive.org)
The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State, Culture and Commerce of the British Colonies in America, and the Further Improvements of Which They Are Capable (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly, and J. Almon, 1769), by Alexander Clúny (page images at HathiTrust)
A Relation of the Late Intended Settlement of the Islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America (London: Printed for J. Peele, 1725), by Nathaniel Uring (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
Some Considerations on the Consequences of the French Settling Colonies on the Mississippi, With Respect to the Trade and Safety of the English Plantations in America and the West-Indies (London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1720), by James Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
Burke's Speech on Concilation with America, by Edmund Burke, ed. by Sidney Carleton Newsom (Gutenberg text)

Filed under: Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800

Popery Truly Display'd in its True Bloody Colours: or, A Faithful Narrative of the Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and All Manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice Could Invent, Committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the Inhabitants of West-India (Lonodn: Printed for R. Hewson, 1689), by Bartolomé de las Casas (Gutenberg text)
An Account of the First Voyages and Discoveries Made by the Spaniards in America (translated selections from Casas' work; with The Art of Travelling; London: Printed by J. Darby for D. Brown et al., 1699), by Bartolomé de las Casas (multiple formats at archive.org)
Regionum Indicarum per Hispanos olim Devastatarum Accuratissima Descriptio, Insertis Figuris Aencis ad Vivum Fabrefactis (in Latin; Heidelberg: Typis Guilielmi Walteri, 1664), by Bartolomé de las Casas (multiple formats at archive.org)
Breve Relacion de la Destruccion de las Indias Occidentales (in Spanish; Filadelfia, Mexico: J. F. Hurtel, 1821), by Bartolomé de las Casas, ed. by José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra (multiple formats at archive.org)
Breve Relacion de la Destruccion de las Indias Occidentales (in Spanish; Filadelfia, Mexico: Don Mariano Ontiveros, 1822), by Bartolomé de las Casas, ed. by José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra (multiple formats at archive.org)
Historia de las Indias (5 volumes in Spanish; Madrid: M. Ginesta, 1875-1876), by Bartolomé de las Casas

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