Bibliograph

John Smith's Chesapeake voyages, 1607-1609, Helen C. Rountree, Wayne E. Clark, and Kent Mountford ; contributing authors, Michael B. Barber [and others]

Type

Label

John Smith's Chesapeake voyages, 1607-1609, Helen C. Rountree, Wayne E. Clark, and Kent Mountford ; contributing authors, Michael B. Barber [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-389) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

John Smith's Chesapeake voyages, 1607-1609

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

76481428

Responsibility statement

Helen C. Rountree, Wayne E. Clark, and Kent Mountford ; contributing authors, Michael B. Barber [and others]

Table Of Contents

The Chesapeake environment in the early seventeenth century -- The world of Algonquian-speaking peoples -- Englishmen in the Chesapeake -- John Smith's first voyage up the Chesapeake Bay : June 2-July 21, 1608 -- John Smith's second voyage up the Chesapeake Bay : July 24-September 7, 1608 -- The Powhatan River, becoming "King James His River," and Hampton Roads -- The "Pamunkey" : the York River drainage -- The farmers and fishermen of the lower Eastern Shore -- The middle Eastern Shore : land of marsh and merchants -- The head of the bay : the Iroquoian speakers' northwest passage -- The Patuxent River basin : "good cheer" and "infinite kinds of fish" -- The Potomac River : conduit and boundary -- The Rappahannock River basin and the Piedmont peoples

Target audience

adult

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