Talk:Thomas Harriot

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What is the purpose of Thomas Harriot's, A Briefe and True Report?

Harriot was hoping to encourage more people to move from England to its Virginia colony. Note that he himself did not return to Virginia, though! His other writing on Virginia was intended to be a scientific report of the climate, geology, peoples, plants and animals to be found there, and this still has some value to modern scietists.Tham153 (talk) 18:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)