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A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world / Tony Horwitz.

Author: Horwitz, Tony, 1958-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.

Descriptionxii, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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