Question

For over a century, Thomas Hariot's "A Briefe and True Reporte of the New Found Land of Virginia" (1588) served as one of the principal sources of information about what?

Answer 1

Thomas Hariot's 1588 report was a principal source of information on the native peoples and their culture in the Carolina coast during the 1580s, and influenced European perspectives on the economic and religious potential of English colonization, particularly through the tobacco economy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Hariot's A Briefe and True Reporte of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588), served as a significant source of information about the native peoples and culture on the Carolina coast in the 1580s. Describing the local practices, such as "The brovvyllinge of their fishe ouer the flame" depicted by Theodor de Bry, Hariot's text provided insights into the life and environment in the early stages of English colonization in North America. His report was also influential in shaping the European understanding of the economic prospects in the New World, highlighting the potential for wealth and the spread of Protestantism through the cultivation of crops like tobacco, which later had a profound impact on the economic development of the colonies and the establishment of colonial social structures, such as indentured servitude and later slavery.