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Colonial American Astronomy
Colonial American Astronomy can be traced to the time when the English began colonizing in the New World during the sixteenth century. They brought with them their interest in astronomy. At first, astronomical thought in America was based on Aristotelian philosophy, but interest in the new astronomy began to appear in Almanacs as early as 1659. Colonial astronomers applied the scientific method to their own work and despite their limited resources, they instigated momentum for further astronomical research in what later became the United States.
==England's Expedition to the Outer Banks==
During a British expedition to North Carolina's Outer Banks in the 1580s, astronomer and mathematician Thomas Harriot looked to the stars to determine why many of the natives that came in contact with the Europeans had died mysteriously. He determined that it was not the solar eclipse that he observed on their voyage to the new world nor the comet that appeared during his time on the island. His 1588 ''Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia'' hints that instead of finding the answer in the heavens, it was the cruel treatment of the English toward the natives. He also mentioned a “perspective glass whereby we shewed manie strange sights.” This was most likely a magnifying lens. Harriot later became one of the first users of the telescope after returning to England and rendered a drawing of the moon four months before Galileo.
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