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Author:

Glover, Lorri, 1967-

Title:

The shipwreck that saved Jamestown : the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America / Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

322 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Smith, Daniel Blake.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-310) and index.

Contents:

London Dreams -- A Grand Enterprise -- Voyage to Hell -- Distressing News -- The Isle of Devils -- Trouble in Paradise -- Jamestown Starving -- Redemption in Virginia -- God is English -- O Brave New World.

Summary:

Floundering from two years of warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers, the Virginia Company was about to collapse. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609--the largest fleet England had ever assembled--and sailed into the teeth of a storm ... The inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest, the hurricane separated the flagship from the fleet, driving it onto reefs off the coast of Bermuda--a lucky shipwreck (all hands survived) which proved the turning point in the colony's fortune.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0805086544
9780805086546

OCLC:

(OCoLC)177818614

LCCN:

2007042248

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

SSPB104 -- Winthrop Public Library (Winthrop)

BYPB851 -- Zearing Public Library (Zearing)