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- 2007274261 abstract "Four centuries ago, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America. Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources and manuscript collections scattered across the world, this book reveals a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one. It charts their journey into a beautiful landscape and a sophisticated culture that they found both ravishing and alien, which they yearned to possess but threatened to destroy--From publisher description.".
- 2007274261 contributor B10819179.
- 2007274261 coverage "Jamestown (Va.) History 17th century.".
- 2007274261 coverage "Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2007274261 created "c2007.".
- 2007274261 date "2007".
- 2007274261 date "c2007.".
- 2007274261 dateCopyrighted "c2007.".
- 2007274261 description "Four centuries ago, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America. Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources and manuscript collections scattered across the world, this book reveals a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one. It charts their journey into a beautiful landscape and a sophisticated culture that they found both ravishing and alien, which they yearned to possess but threatened to destroy--From publisher description.".
- 2007274261 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458) and index.".
- 2007274261 extent "xviii, 469 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2007274261 identifier "0060090561".
- 2007274261 identifier "9780060090562".
- 2007274261 identifier 2007274261-b.html.
- 2007274261 identifier 2007274261-d.html.
- 2007274261 issued "2007".
- 2007274261 issued "c2007.".
- 2007274261 language "eng".
- 2007274261 publisher "New York : HarperCollins Publishers,".
- 2007274261 spatial "Jamestown (Va.) History 17th century.".
- 2007274261 spatial "Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2007274261 subject "973.2/1 22".
- 2007274261 subject "F234.J3 W66 2007".
- 2007274261 subject "Pocahontas, -1617.".
- 2007274261 title "Savage kingdom : the true story of Jamestown, 1607, and the settlement of America / Benjamin Woolley.".
- 2007274261 type "text".