A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world / Tony Horwitz.
Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019.
2008
E101 .H77 2008 (Mapit)
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Title A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world / Tony Horwitz.
Author Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780312428327 (pbk.)
0312428324 (pbk.)
9780805076035
0805076034
Imprint New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Language English
Description xii, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number E101 .H77 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 970.01
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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