The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown - 9780805090253
Un libro in lingua di Lorri Glover Smith Daniel Blake edito da Henry Holt & Co, 2009
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“A rip-snortin' story of shipwreck, intrigue, horror, courage, risk, luck and will . . . gripping.”—Publishers Weekly
The English were latecomers to America, and their initial attempts to establish an overseas empire met with dismal failure. In 1609, another disaster set the final course of this dramatic history, when the Sea Venture, the ship dispatched by London investors to rescue the starving settlers at Jamestown, collided with a ferocious hurricane and was shipwrecked off the coast of Bermuda. This riveting historical narrative describes how the 150 castaways were seduced by the island's unexpected pleasures for almost a year and were later riven by mutinies when ordered to continue on to Virginia. Ultimately they built boats with their own hands and arrived safely in Jamestown to face the daunting task of rebuilding America's first permanent colony.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- Sottotitolo: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Lorri Glover Smith Daniel Blake
- Editore: Henry Holt & Co
- Collana: Henry Holt & Co (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 21 Luglio '09
- Genere: HISTORY
- Pagine: 322
- Peso gr: 262
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 127 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0805090258
- EAN-13: 9780805090253