Andrew White (3) (1579–1656)
Autor von Voyage to Maryland (1633): Relatio Itineris in Marilandiam (1633 = Relatio Itineris in Marilandiam)
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Being from Baltimore but knowing nothing about the aristocrat that the city's named after, it's very interesting to read things like the following in the bk's foreword:
"This charter was granted by a Protestant king to a Catholic subject without qualifications. It conferred on Lord Baltimore the authority of a count palatine, making him virtually a king within his own province. he had the power to make and publish the laws of the land, with the stipulation, however, that they be with the "advise, assent, and approbation of the free-men." Although Lord Baltimore in fact had powers of a feudal lord, the old medieval system was not to the liking of the free men of Maryland, who put their own interpretation on "advise, assent, and approbation." The second assembly which met in 1639 rejected the code of laws sent over by the Proprietor and drew up its own ordinance to which Lord Baltimore had to agree."… (mehr)