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100 1  Nicholls, Steve. 
245 10 Paradise found :|bnature in America at the time of 
       discovery /|cSteve Nicholls. 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press,|c2009. 
300    x, 524 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-493) and 
       index. 
505 0  A different world -- The discovery of paradise -- Abundant
       ocean -- Sea of whales -- Living in paradise -- Angels 
       from the North -- Earthly paradise or earthly Hades? -- 
       Poll, Ben, and Martha -- Souls and furs -- Gathering of 
       waters -- A sea of islands -- Islands in the sea -- La 
       Florida -- ...To shining sea -- Blessings fit for the use 
       of man -- Rivers of fish -- Wilderness cathedral -- The 
       great stillness -- Devils in paradise -- A new world? 
520    Here Steve Nicholls demonstrates with both historical 
       narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing 
       place North America was and how it looked when the 
       explorers first found it. 
650  0 Natural history|zNorth America. 
650  0 Nature|xEffect of human beings on|zNorth America|xHistory.
651  0 North America|xDiscovery and exploration. 
651  0 North America|xEnvironmental conditions|xHistory. 
994    02|bCKE