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'''What were the ports of origin of ships visiting Virginia, and what routes did they take?'''
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* Direct voyages from London and Bristol to Virginia?
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* Indirect voyages from London (and elsewhere) via Guinea Coast and Angolan Coast of Africa?
  
 
'''Can you idtentify trading links between Virginia and Barbados, between Virginia and New England, and Virginia and the Bermudas?'''
 
'''Can you idtentify trading links between Virginia and Barbados, between Virginia and New England, and Virginia and the Bermudas?'''

Revision as of 09:47, June 15, 2014

Week Three Team Exercise



Editorial history

Created 15/06/14 by CSG



Purpose of page

This page sets our a team exercise which Team Three will we working on in Week Three of the MarineLives 2014 Summer Programme






Suggested links




Goals


  • To develop our research skills to explore places and material goods, using Virginia and Tobacco as a case example




Search hints


General search hints

Search the three major wikis (in terms of numbers of pages transcribed and searchable)

AnnotateHCA1371 Front_Page
AnnotateHCA1372 Front_Page
AnnotateHCA1373 Front_Page

You may also wish to search

AnnotateHCA1364 Front_Page

Researching Virginia in the Admiralty Court Records

Think about geographical search terms and their spelling variants, e.g.

Virginia

Yorke River/York River

Jamestowne/Jamestown/James Towne/James Town


Researching Tobacco in the Admiralty Court Records

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Questions to explore


What were the ports of origin of ships visiting Virginia, and what routes did they take?

  • Direct voyages from London and Bristol to Virginia?
  • Indirect voyages from London (and elsewhere) via Guinea Coast and Angolan Coast of Africa?


Can you idtentify trading links between Virginia and Barbados, between Virginia and New England, and Virginia and the Bermudas?

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Interesting cases


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Interesting individuals


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Interesting ships


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Synthesis: Virginia


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Synthesis: Tobacco


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