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A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world
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A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world / Tony Horwitz.
ISBN
9780805076035
0805076034
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Physical Description
xii, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Summary
An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Vinland : go west, young Norseman
1492 : the hidden half of the globe
Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx
Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians?
Gulf coast : naked and lost in the new world
The Southwest : to the seven cities of stone
The plains : adrift in a sea of grass
The South : De Soto does Dixie
The Mississippi : conquistador's last stand
Florida : fountain of youth, river of blood
Roanoke : lost in the lost colony
Jamestown : the captain and the naturals
Plymouth : tale of two rocks.
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