A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world /
Tony Horwitz.
- First edition
- xii, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Subject America -- Discovery and exploration.
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America--Discovery and exploration. North America--Discovery and exploration.