Harriot is quite an interesting character. He spent time in the Virginia colony and taught himself the Native American Algonquin language. He had extensive jour

Harriot is quite an interesting character. He spent time in the Virginia colony and taught himself the Native American Algonquin language. He had extensive journals of the natural world in the Americas, but they were jettisoned when he was leaving Virginia, and he had to try to recreate his notes from memory when he returned to England.