gues in circumference" (Champlain 91). Thus, the reader is struck by the very specific details of the land and terrain that he and his party traveled through, glimpsing into the physical world itself of North America in the early nineteenth century.
Certainly, one can attribute Champlain's interest on the factual, geographical details of the new world to the fact that he was an explorer, and thus the land itself was his major concern. This is not true of William Bradford, who came to North America not as an explorer, but as a Pilgrim in search of a new home where he and his fellow Separatists would be free of religious persecution. His written account of his experiences thus reflects this difference, as Bradford does not devote much of his attention to questions of geography or the local wildlife. Instead, he seeks to establish the religious and philosophical imp
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