Calvert is thirteen when he sets forth for the New World with his father and several servants. King Charles has given the family a tract of land "westward from the settlements at Plymouth and Boston". The land Calvert inherits is full of surprises and amazing escapades.
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NOW that it is fully decided I am to journey with my father to that far-away world called America, it seems right I should set down, as far as may be possible, all which befalls me from the time we leave dear old England, and then, if so be I never come back from the wonderful adventure because of having met death, people will know there was once an English lad, by name Calvert, who, much the same as taking his life in his hands, went overseas to the strange country where, it is said, none but savages dwell. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Governor Calvert, William Claiborne, Lord Baltimore, Kent Island, Captain Fleet, Province of Maryland, Captain Cornwallis, Father White, George Evelin, Governor Harvey, Father Altham, Captain Lowe, Point Comfort, William Smith, Captain John Smith, Christopher Marten, Indians of Yaocomico, Lieutenant Warren, Master Evelin, Province of Virginia, Yaocomico Indians New!
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NOW that it is fully decided I am to journey with my father to that far-away world called America, it seems right I should set down, as far as may be possible, all which befalls me from the time we leave dear old England, and then, if so be I never come back from the wonderful adventure because of having met death, people will know there was once an English lad, by name Calvert, who, much the same as taking his life in his hands, went overseas to the strange country where, it is said, none but savages dwell. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small pinnace, brown men, great cabin, serving men Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Governor Calvert, William Claiborne, Lord Baltimore, Kent Island, Captain Fleet, Province of Maryland, Captain Cornwallis, Father White, George Evelin, Governor Harvey, Father Altham, Captain Lowe, Point Comfort, William Smith, Captain John Smith, Christopher Marten, Indians of Yaocomico, Lieutenant Warren, Master Evelin, Province of Virginia, Yaocomico Indians New!
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