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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
Author
Publisher
Historic St. Mary's
Pub. Date
[c[2005]
Language
English
Description
The story of English settlement in the Bay region and the influence of the Chesapeake on the location and subsequent development of the first colonies. Cultures, goods, traditions, and technology flowed along the watery reaches of the Chesapeake Bay. Waterways inextricably linked Old and New Worlds, American Indian nations and European nations, African villages and labor-hungry colonies.
Series
March of America facsimile volume no. 22
Publisher
University Microfilms
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
In 1632 Charles I granted a charter to Cecil Calvert, second baron Baltimore, making him the proprietor of the largest tract of land granted to a single person at that time. In November 1633 two ships, The Ark and The Dove, set sail with both Catholics and Protestants on board. Seeking a place for Catholics, who were not welcome in Virginia or New England colonies, he introduced a policy of religious tolerance. The colony was a success, but when Puritans...
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