Sea Venture: The Ship That Rescued Jamestown and Established the English Presence in the New World
Kieran Doherty, . . St. Martin's, $24.95 (276pp) ISBN 978-0-312-35453-4
In 1609, the two-year-old English settlement in Jamestown was struggling to survive, having been decimated by hostile Native Americans, disease, political mismanagement and lack of food. Early in the summer, a fleet of nine ships and over 600 hopeful settlers left England to bring supplies and new life to the beleaguered colony. The flagship,
Reviewed on: 03/19/2007
Genre: Nonfiction
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