Excerpt from Pennsylvania; The German Influence in Its Settlement and Development, Vol. 1: The Fatherland, 1450-1700; The German Exodus, 1709 The introductory paper here presented deals with the Fatherland during the period from 1450 to 1700, showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration and develop ment of the Western Continent, with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Many new and interesting facts and illustrations are here introduced to show how great a factor the German nation was in developing the Western Hemisphere, from the earliest days of its discovery until King Charles' grant to William Penn. How the latter strove to attract German emigrants to his newly-acquired province is fully shown from the literature of the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.