The lost colony of Roanoke : new perspectives /

"For more than four centuries the fate of the Roanoke colony has remained a mystery. Through a close examination of the early accounts, previously unknown or unexamined documents and native Algonquian oral tradition, this book deconstructs the traditional theories. What emerges is a fresh narra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fullam, Brandon, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
Temas:
1500-1599
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Roanoke Colony.
Roanoke Island (N.C.) > History > 16th century.
Colonie de Roanoke (Car. du N.)
Roanoke, Île de (Car. du N.) > Histoire > 16e siècle.
North Carolina > Roanoke Island
United States > Roanoke Colony
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The Raleigh years
  • Setting the stage: 1496-1586
  • Planning the Cittie of Ralegh: July 27, 1586-July 22, 1587
  • Simon Fernandez and the aborted Chesapeake plan: July 22-August 27, 1587
  • Decisions at Roanoke: August 28-September 30, 1587
  • The colonists select a mainland settlement site: October-November 1587
  • Pivotal events in England and Virginia: January-June 1588
  • The legend of the CORA tree and the outpost at Croatoan: July-September 1588
  • A critical gamble at sea: September 1588-August 1589
  • The great hurricane and the final collapse of the colony: September 1589
  • The "legend of the coharie" and the hurricane's aftermath: October 1589-January 1590
  • John White's final voyage; Roanoke and Croatoan abandoned: February-October 1590
  • Raleigh and Guiana; rumors of survivors: 1594-1606
  • Part II. The Jamestown intelligence
  • John Smith's a true relation and the "Zoiga Map": 1607-1608
  • The "men cloathed" at Ocanahonan and Pakrakanick: 1607-1608
  • The "men apparalled" at Pananiock/Panawicke: 1607-1608
  • John Smith and the Powhatan-slaughter myth: 1608-1609
  • The Francisco Fernandez de Ocija reconnaissance: 1609
  • William Strachey and the "slaughter at Roanoke": 1609-1611
  • The "slaughter at Roanoke" solved: 1610-1611
  • Lost colony clues and Powhatan oral tradition: 1611-1612
  • Part III. Lost colony survivors and descendants
  • Survival possibilities: 1612-1711
  • The search for descendants 18th century and beyond
  • Summation.

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