A Savage Kingdom: Virginia and the Founding of English AmericaHarperPress, 2007 - 467 σελίδες Stunning epic history of the first Virginia Colony and the true story of Pocahontas, to coincide with the colony's 400th anniversary in 2007. Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, 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 which 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, Savage Kingdom challenges the textbook image of Jamestown as a mere money-making venture. |
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... John Rolfe had conducted a survey of the lands that were settled . Soon after arriving in London , he had presented the results to Sandys . Six active settlements were identified , most of them on land which the English appear to have ...
... John Rolfe had conducted a survey of the lands that were settled . Soon after arriving in London , he had presented the results to Sandys . Six active settlements were identified , most of them on land which the English appear to have ...
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... John Rolfe had conducted a survey of the lands that were settled . Soon after arriving in London , he had presented the results to Sandys . Six active settlements were identified , most of them on land which the English appear to have ...
... John Rolfe had conducted a survey of the lands that were settled . Soon after arriving in London , he had presented the results to Sandys . Six active settlements were identified , most of them on land which the English appear to have ...
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... John Rolfe reported the arrival of a ' Dutch man of war ' at Point Comfort , under the captaincy of ' Capt Jope ' . ' He brought not any thing but 20 and odd Negroes , which the Governor and Cape Marchant bought for victual [ food ] ' Rolfe ...
... John Rolfe reported the arrival of a ' Dutch man of war ' at Point Comfort , under the captaincy of ' Capt Jope ' . ' He brought not any thing but 20 and odd Negroes , which the Governor and Cape Marchant bought for victual [ food ] ' Rolfe ...
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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America Benjamin Woolley Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2007 |
Savage Kingdom: Virginia and The Founding of English America (Text Only) Benjamin Woolley Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2012 |
Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America Benjamin Woolley Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2008 |
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