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A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest / Hobson Woodward.

Van Pelt Library F234.J3 W65 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Woodward, Hobson.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
History.
Seafaring life.
Shipwrecks.
Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
Jamestown (Va.).
Sea Venture (Ship).
Shipwrecks--Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
Seafaring life--History--17th century.
Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.
Strachey, William.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Shakespeare, William.
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia.
Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
Bermuda Islands.
Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
America.
Physical Description:
xii, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Contents:
Poet of London
Aboard for Jamestown
Ocean bound
Hurricane
Rogue wave
Devil's land
Angel's garden
New life
Rebellion
Away to Virginia
Relief from home
Forest people
Blood in the snow
Poison
Bound for England
Blackfriars surprise
Bermuda ghosts
After the storm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780670020966 :
0670020966
9780143117520
OCLC:
276819730

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