The Discovery and Development of the Southern Colonial Landscape: Six Commentators.

Surveys the complex regions of the American colonial landscape and examines the work of some early observers of the colonial South: Thomas Harriot, Captain John Smith, John Lawson, Robert Beverly, William Stephans, and William Gerard DeBrahm. Early explorers saw the land as one of untapped wealth, while later narrators focused on the commercial and agricultural possibilities. The common thread that linked these narratives was an awareness of the potential for exploitation.