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Author:

Doherty, Kieran. 194457

Title:

Sea venture : shipwreck, survival, and the salvation of the first English colony in the New World / Kieran Doherty.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Sea Venture (Ship)
Seafaring life--History--17th century.
Shipwrecks--Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain--History--America--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).

Contents:

"Preparations most urgent"-- Sailing in friendly consort -- "A dreadful storm and hideous" -- The Isle of Devils -- "That disorderlie company" -- Mutinies -- Famine ghastly and pale -- "Misery and misgovernment" -- The buried heart -- Violent proceedings and villainy -- To populate and plant the islands -- A most pious and noble end -- "Our hoped and desired ilands" -- The Virginian woman -- "A faire and perfect common weale" -- Aftermath.

ISBN:

0312354533
9780312354534

OCLC:

(OCoLC)84838026

LCCN:

2007005488

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)