Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of Jamestown

Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of Jamestown
ISBN-10
0312382073
ISBN-13
9780312382070
Category
History
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
2008-05-13
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Kieran Doherty

Description

Honoring the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony, a dramatic chronicle focuses on the Sea Venture, the ship that came to the rescue of the beleaguered colony in 1610 by braving dangerous waters, a hurricane that devastated the English fleet, and shipwreck to transform the history of the New World. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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