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A tale of two colonies : what really happened in Virginia and Bermuda? / Virginia Bernhard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernhard, Virginia, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks--Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
- Shipwrecks.
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--17th century.
- Jamestown (Va.).
- Virginia--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Bermuda Islands--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Bermuda Islands.
- Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Sea Venture (Ship).
- Virginia Company of London.
- Somers, George, Sir, 1554-1610.
- Somers, George.
- Strachey, William, 1572?-1621.
- Strachey, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this fascinating tale of England's first two New World colonies, Bernhard links Virginia and Bermuda in a series of unintended consequences resulting from natural disaster, ignorance of native cultures, diplomatic intrigue, and the fateful arrival of the first Africans in both colonies. --from publisher description
- Contents:
- The Wreck of the Sea Venture
- Bad blood at Jamestown
- Troubles in paradise
- The starving time
- Deliverance
- A tale of two colonies
- The confluence of three cultures.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826272577
- 0826272576
- OCLC:
- 781862663
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