The Resource A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world, Tony Horwitz
A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world, Tony Horwitz
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 445 pages
- Contents
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- Vinland : go west, young Norseman
- 1492 : the hidden half of the globe
- Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx
- Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians?
- Gulf coast : naked and lost in the new world
- The Southwest : to the seven cities of stone
- The plains : adrift in a 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
- Isbn
- 9780805076035
- Label
- A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world
- Title
- A voyage long and strange
- Title remainder
- rediscovering the new world
- Statement of responsibility
- Tony Horwitz
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2009.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2008
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 229495
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horwitz, Tony
- Dewey number
- 970.01
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E101
- LC item number
- .H77 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Explorers
- Explorers
- America
- North America
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- rediscovering the new world
- Label
- A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Vinland : go west, young Norseman -- 1492 : the hidden half of the globe -- Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx -- Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians? -- Gulf coast : naked and lost in the new world -- The Southwest : to the seven cities of stone -- The plains : adrift in a 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
- Control code
- 663278
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 445 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805076035
- Lccn
- 2007045883
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780805076035
- (OCoLC)180989602
- Label
- A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Vinland : go west, young Norseman -- 1492 : the hidden half of the globe -- Santo Domingo : the Columbus jinx -- Dominican Republic : you think there are still Indians? -- Gulf coast : naked and lost in the new world -- The Southwest : to the seven cities of stone -- The plains : adrift in a 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
- Control code
- 663278
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 445 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805076035
- Lccn
- 2007045883
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805076035
- (OCoLC)180989602
Subject
- Explorers -- America -- History
- trueExploration
- trueExplorers -- North America -- History
- trueWestern Hemisphere -- Exploration
- trueNorth America -- Exploration
- North America -- Discovery and exploration
- trueExplorers -- Western Hemisphere -- History
- America -- Discovery and exploration
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