Voyage Long and Strange Rediscovering the New World

Name: Voyage Long and Strange Rediscovering the New World
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ISBN: 9780805076035

ISBN-10: 0805076034

ISBN-13: 9780805076035

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tony Horwitz

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The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he’s mislaid more than a century of American history, from Columbus’s sail in 1492 to Jamestown’s founding in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between? Determined to find out, he embarks on a journey of rediscovery, following in the footsteps of the many Europeans who preceded the Pilgrims to America. An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs—these and many others roamed an unknown…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 4/29/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.748



List of Maps


Prologue: The Lost Century



Discovery



Vinland: First Contact



1492: The Hidden Half of the Globe



Santo Domingo: The Columbus Jinx



Dominican Republic: You Think There are Still Indians?



Conquest



The Gulf Coast: Naked in the New World



The Southwest: To the Seven Cities of Stone



The Plains: Sea of Grass



The South: De Soto Does Dixie



The Mississippi: Conquistador's Last Stand



Settlement



Florida: Fountain of Youth, River of Blood



Roanoke: Lost in the Lost Colony



Jamestown: The Captain and the Naturals



Plymouth: A Tale of two Rocks


Note on Sources


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index