A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare'sThe Tempest

by Hobson Woodward

  violence between settlers and

  in Virginia

  Price, Rev. Daniel

  Prosperous

  Purchas, Samuel, Purchas His Pilgrimes

  Quiney, Thomas

  Raleigh, Sir Walter

  Ramirez, Diego

  Ratcliffe, John

  Ravens, Henry

  Reede, Humphrey

  Renan, Ernest

  Rich, Richard, Newes from Virginia: The Lost Flocke Triumphant

  Roanoke colony

  Rolfe, Bermuda:

  birth of

  death of

  Rolfe, Goodwife “Goody”:

  baby born to

  on Sea Venture

  Rolfe, John:

  and baby’s birth

  and Pocahontas

  on Sea Venture

  third wife of

  Rorschach blot

  Royal Exchange

  Sagadahoc colony (Maine)

  St. Elmo’s fire

  Salisbury, Earl of

  Samuel, Edward

  Savage, Thomas

  Scot, Anthony

  Sea Venture:

  animals on

  approaching Bermuda

  cargo

  in convoy

  dog

  feared lost

  hurricane encountered by

  landing at Bermuda

  land sighted on

  leakage of

  leaving England

  literary references to

  memorial to

  passengers on

  on postage stamp

  pumping and bailing of

  and rogue wave

  sailors on

  and St. Elmo’s fire

  salvage from

  shipboard life on

  size of

  Strachey assigned to

  survival of settlers aboard

  wreck of

  Shakespeare, Anne (wife)

  Shakespeare, Hamnet (son)

  Shakespeare, Judith (daughter)

  Shakespeare, Susanna (daughter)

  Shakespeare, William:

  classical allusions of

  controversy about identity of

  death of

  Shakespeare, William (cont.)

  King Lear

  and King’s Men

  and Kipling

  in later years

  patrons of

  plays co-authored by

  plays presented at Masquing House

  popularity of

  sources of ideas for

  Tempest, see Tempest, The

  writing a play about the New World

  Sharpe, Samuel

  Shirley, James

  Smith, John:

  Bermuda described by

  on boat-building

  cargoes described by

  colonists described by

  as governor

  Jamestown described by

  leaving for England

  and Newport

  sailors described by

  on shipboard life

  on Somers’s burial

  True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate

  in Virginia

  Smith, Thomas

  Somers, Sir George:

  as admiral of the fleet

  arrival in Virginia

  as Bermuda founder

  and Bermuda landing

  and Bermuda life

  and boat-building

  death of

  and Delaware’s arrival

  descriptions of

  and discord

  early years of

  feared lost

  and hurricane

  land sighted by

  leaving Bermuda

  map of Bermuda by

  memorials to

  on postage stamp

  return to Bermuda for food

  and St. Elmo’s fire

  Somers, Joan

  Somers, Matthew

  Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of

  Spain:

  claims to Virginia

  New World treasures of

  spies from

  treaty with Netherlands

  Spanish Armada

  Spectator

  Spelman, Henry

  Starre

  Strachey, Edmund (son)

  Strachey, Frances Forster (wife)

  Strachey, Helen (granddaughter)

  Strachey, Lytton (descendant), “Shakespeare’s Final Period,”

  Strachey, William:

  arrival in Virginia

  as aspiring writer

  authority respected by

  on Bermuda

  and Blackfriars Theater

  and class prejudices

  death of

  and Delaware

  family background of

  financial problems of

  Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia

  and hurricane

  and Indian attacks

  Indian life studied by

  influence on literature

  and Jamestown’s desperate straits

  landing at Bermuda

  and land sighting

  leaving Bermuda

  marriage of

  “On Sejanus” (sonnet) by

  patronage sought by

  Powhatans seen in England by

  preparations to leave England

  return to England

  ring of

  and St. Elmo’s fire

  schooling of

  on Sea Venture

  and Shakespeare’s Tempest

  travel narratives read by

  True Repertory

  and Turkish assignment

  as Virginia chronicler

  Strachey, William (father)

  Strachey, William (grandfather)

  Strachey, William Jr. (son)

  Stratford-upon-Avon, England

  Swallow:

  arrival at Jamestown

  disappearance in hurricane

  leaving England

  return to England

  Swift, James

  Symonds, Rev. William

  Tackonekintaco (Indian leader)

  Tangoit (Indian)

  Taylor, John, the Water Poet

  Tempest, The (Shakespeare)

  Ariel in

  at Blackfriars Theater

  Caliban in

  endurance of

  “Full Fathom Five,”

  influence of

  language of

  popularity of

  production of

  publication of

  putting the story together

  sources of ideas for

  “Where the Bee Sucks,”

  Thomas, William, Historye of Italye

  Tien, Jasper

  Torrid Zone

  Tsenacomoco, Powhatans in

  Unity:

  arrival at Jamestown

  births at sea

  disappearance in hurricane

  leaving England

  Uranus, moons named for Shakespearean characters

  Velasco, Alonso de

  Virgil, Aeneid

  Virginia:

  arrival from Bermuda

  conflicting European claims to

  drought in

  economic potential of

  indigenous peoples in

  lumber from

  parodied by playwrights

  Roanoke colony in

  Virginia (pinnace)

  Virginia Company:

  disasters faced by

  financial problems of

  inadequate funding from

  and Jamestown difficulties

  and passengers to New World

  private ownership of

  promotional materials produced by

  recruitment by

  return on investment sought by

  revised charter of

  river passage to India sought by

  settlers’ obligation to

  shares of stock in


  Strachey’s reports to

  and the theatre

  A True Declaration of the Estate of the Colonie in Virginia

  True Purpose

  Wahunsenacawh:

  Pocahontas as daughter of

  as Powhatan chief

  Wahunsenacawh tribe:

  and cultural exchange

  settlers’ violence against

  Want, John

  Warraskoyack, Indian town

  Waters, Robert

  Welby, William

  West, Francis

  Weynman, Sir Ferdinando

  Whitaker, Rev. Alexander

  Whittingham, Thomas

  Willes, Richard, History of Travayle in the West and East Indies

  Woolwich, England, leaving

  Wowinchopunck (Paspahegh leader)

  Yardley, George

  Zúñiga, Pedro de