(CANADA) Whitbourne Richard A Discourse Containing a Loving

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(CANADA.) Whitbourne, Richard. A Discourse Containing a Loving Invitation both Honourable and Profitable to All Such as Shall be Adventurers . . . in the New-Found-Land. [8], 46 pages. Small 4to, later full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; trimmed to 6 3/4 inches with a few headlines grazed, lacking final blank, very minor worming on inner margin. London, 1622

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first edition of a text later appended to the Discourse and Discovery of New-Found-Land. Whitbourne was one of the founding fathers of Newfoundland, and this was his second discourse written to promote the young colony. His stated purpose was to "crowne that countrey of New-found-land with due praises, that she may . . . be justly called a Sister-land to this great Island of Britannia, Ireland, Virginia, New-England, and Nova Scotia." Whitbourne praises the island's "abundant heapes of nourishments & necessaries," and asks, "What seas so abounding in fish, what shores so replenished with fresh and sweet waters? The wants of other Kingdomes are not felt heere." He follows with a detailed description of the island's settlements, trade, and resources. Church 398; Sabin 103333; not in TPL or Lande, and no complete copy known at auction since 1968.