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Cooper's Neutral Ground

Here's a Google Earth placemark to consider when beginning James Fenimore Cooper's 1821 historical romance, The Spy: A Tale of Neutral Ground.

St. Kitts and London, birthplace and performance of James Grainger's The Sugar-Cane

James Grainger, a London physician, accepted a four-year tour of duty overseeing plantations on St. Kitts between 1759 and 1763. He spent much time while there composing his long georgic poem, The Sugar-Cane.

Edward Taylor of Westfield

Here's a set of Google Earth placemarks illustrating Edward Taylor's life.

Some places of Samuel Sewall

Known today for his role in the Salem witch trials, his diary, and his "Selling of Joseph," Samuel Sewall helped to govern large parts of Boston for many decades in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century.

Providence of Roger Williams

The main artery of eary Providence, Rhode Island lay on the east side of the river. Once Towne Street, it is now called North and South Main Streets.

Jean de Brébeuf's Huronia Mission

In a small park by a southern Ontario lake, a museum has recreated a Huron village and the long house constructed to hold the handful of Jesuits who came here in 1636 to spread Christianity (and, sadly, smallpox).

Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, Fort Saybrook, and Fort Christina

Here are Google Earth placemarks indicating the location of four early American military installations that were important to the Swedish, Dutch, and English settlements in the second quarter of the seventeenth-century.

Settings for Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration

The following places figure as settings for Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of Captivity.

Lewes, Delaware

In 1631 the Dutch established a settlement in Lewes, Delaware, which was soon massacred.

Watertown, home of John Pond

John Pond arrived here with his family after sailing in the Lyon with supplies ordered by Governor John Winthrop.