A New Voyage to Carolina

John Lawson, 1709. London.

The surveyor John Lawson's account of his travels in Carolina, with the report that the Hatteras Indians said some of their ancestors were white people who "could talk in a Book", and that grey eyes were common among them.

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What it's used for here

The earliest record of a Hatteras tradition of English ancestors.

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Cite it

Lawson, J. (1709). A New Voyage to Carolina. London. https://www.docsouth.unc.edu/nc/lawson/menu.html

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Lawson, John. “A New Voyage to Carolina.” London (1709).