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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Glover, Lorri, 1967-
Other Authors:	Smith, Daniel Blake
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Jamestown (Va.) > History > 17th century. Bermuda Islands > History > 17th century. Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century. Sea Venture (Ship) Virginia Company of London > History. Shipwrecks > Bermuda Islands > History > 17th century. Seafaring life > History > 17th century.
Physical Description:	322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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