The shipwreck that saved Jamestown, the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America, Lorri Glover, Daniel Blake Smith
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The shipwreck that saved Jamestown, the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America, Lorri Glover, Daniel Blake Smith
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-310) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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The shipwreck that saved Jamestown
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bibliography
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177818614
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Lorri Glover, Daniel Blake Smith
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the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America
Summary
Floundering from two years of warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers, the Virginia Company was about to collapse. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609--the largest fleet England had ever assembled--and sailed into the teeth of a storm ... The inspiration for Shakespeare's The Tempest, the hurricane separated the flagship from the fleet, driving it onto reefs off the coast of Bermuda--a lucky shipwreck (all hands survived) which proved the turning point in the colony's fortune.--From publisher description
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- Shipwrecks -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 17th century
- Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Sea Venture (Ship)
- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 17th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century
- Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century
- Seafaring life + History -- 17th century
- Virginia Company of London -- History
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- Shipwrecks -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 17th century
- Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Sea Venture (Ship)
- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 17th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century
- Jamestown (Va.) -- History -- 17th century
- Seafaring life + History -- 17th century
- Virginia Company of London -- History
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