As early as _________, Reverend Samuel Purchas spoke of the "black Negroe" and the "whiter European."

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Reverend Samuel Purchas, in his work "Purchas his Pilgrimage" (1613), and more extensively in "Purchas his Pilgrimes" (1625), discussed various peoples and cultures from around the world. The reference to the "black Negroe" and the "whiter European" would have been consistent with the ethnographic observations of the time, and 1614 is closest to the publication dates of his notable works.

As Early as _________, Reverend Samuel Purchas Spoke of the "Black