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Author Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019

Title A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world / Tony Horwitz.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Co., [2008]
©2008

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  970.01 HORWITZ    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  970.01 HOR    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  970.01 HOR    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  970.01 HORWITZ    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  970.01 HOR    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  970.01 HOR    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  970.01 H    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  970.01 HOR    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-420) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject America -- Discovery and exploration.
North America -- Discovery and exploration.
Explorers -- America -- History.
Explorers -- North America -- History.
ISBN 9780805076035
0805076034
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