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The shipwreck that saved Jamestown, the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America, Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith

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The shipwreck that saved Jamestown, the Sea Venture castaways and the fate of America, Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-310) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The shipwreck that saved Jamestown

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

294887449

Responsibility statement

Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith

Sub title

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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