Robert Beverley (d. 1722) is best known as author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705), the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America.Susan Scott Parrish is an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World.

An American classic . . . This splendid edition of Beverley's History is indispensable."" - The Historian""A quality edition. Recommended. All general and academic collections."" - Choice

Robert Beverley (d. 1722) is best known as author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705), the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America.Susan Scott Parrish is an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World.

An American classic . . . This splendid edition of Beverley's History is indispensable."" - The Historian""A quality edition. Recommended. All general and academic collections."" - Choice

Robert Beverley (d. 1722) is best known as author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705), the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America.Susan Scott Parrish is an associate professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World.

An American classic . . . This splendid edition of Beverley's History is indispensable."" - The Historian""A quality edition. Recommended. All general and academic collections."" - Choice