The Jamestown Project

The Jamestown Project
ISBN-10
0674027027
ISBN-13
9780674027022
Category
History
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
2009-06-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Description

Capturing England's intoxication with a wider world through ballads, plays, and paintings; the stark reality of Jamestown, through the words of its inhabitants; and with archeological and environmental evidence, Kupperman re-creates Jamestown's formative years with astonishing detail.

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