Virginia, source of name (Beverley, The History and Present State of Virginia, 1705)
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§. 3. Her Majesty accordingly took the Hint, and espoused the Project, as far as her present Engagements in War with Spain would let her; being so well pleased with the Account given, that as the greatest Mark of Honor she could do the Discovery, She call'd the Country by the Name of Virginia; as well, for that it was first discovered in her Reign, a Virgin Queen; as that it did still seem to retain the Virgin Purity and Plenty of the first Creation, and the People their Primitive Innocence: [...]
Beverley, Robert, The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts, London: Printed for R. Parker, 1705, p. 3.
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