Thomas Hariot's report on Virginia

<Tab/>Thomas Hariot was said to have been born in Oxford. He was a mathematician who studied at St. Mary's Hall. After Hariot had achieved his degree he ventured to London. There he was employed by Sir Walter Ralegh to go on the expedition to Virginia. Sir Walter Ralegh had been interested in colonizing America as early as 1560. This trip, which he organized, was meant to get an accurate map of …

…describes no negative aspects of it. At times there is a lack of food, and the natives may fight back. <Tab/>By this report being published and read, it influenced the colonization of America. It also negatively reflected the natives. It showed them as being misguided and not as intelligent as people in Europe. It gave people the opinion that the natives would be happy to give up their old traditions.