Book
A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Physical Description
xii, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Summary
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 continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description.
Contents
- Vinland : first contact
- 1492 : the hidden half of the globe
- Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx
- Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians?
- 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
- Florida : fountain of youth, river of blood
- Roanoke : lost in the lost colony
- Jamestown : the captain and the naturals
- Plymouth : tale of two rocks.