William Strachey

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William Strachey was an English writer and early colonist in Virginia best known for his detailed account of the Sea Venture shipwreck, which is thought to have influenced Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer
colonist
explorer of North America
human
activeYears early 17th century
associatedWith Jamestown
surface form: Jamestown colony

George Somers
surface form: Sir George Somers

Sir Thomas Gates
William Shakespeare
birthPlace Saffron Walden
surface form: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
birthYear 1572
citizenship Kingdom of England
deathPlace London, England
deathYear 1621
documented conditions in early Jamestown
relations between English colonists and Indigenous peoples in Virginia
the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck on Bermuda
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Virginia Company of London
genre colonial history
travel writing
influenced The Tempest
knownFor account of the Sea Venture shipwreck
influencing William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest
language English
maritalStatus married
name William Strachey self-link
nationality English
occupation colonist
secretary
writer
participantIn Sea Venture
surface form: Sea Venture expedition to Virginia

early English colonization of Virginia
Sea Venture shipwreck
surface form: shipwreck of the Sea Venture on Bermuda
positionHeld secretary and recorder for the Virginia Company in London
secretary of the Virginia colony
religion Church of England
residence London, England
surface form: London
subjectOf scholarly debate on sources of The Tempest
traveledTo Bermuda NERFINISHED
Jamestown
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Virginia
wrote A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
surface form: The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia

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Sea Venture associatedPerson William Strachey
Sea Venture shipwreck associatedWith William Strachey
Sea Venture carriedPassenger William Strachey
Deliverance carriedPerson William Strachey
Sea Venture documentedIn William Strachey
this entity surface form: William Strachey's letter "A True Reportory of the Wrack"
William Strachey name William Strachey self-link