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A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world
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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 r...
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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- Creator
- Tony Horwitz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008
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- xii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780312428327, 0312428324, 9780805076035, 0805076034
- OCLC
- ocn180989602
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Prologue : The lost century -- Vinland : first contact -- 1492 : the hidden half of the globe -- Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx -- Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians? -- The Gulf coast : naked in the new world -- The Southwest : to the seven cities of stone -- The plains : 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 : a tale of two rocks