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Eastward of Good Hope : early America in a dangerous world /

"Reexamining Yankee "voyages of commerce and discovery" into distant seas in the decades after the War of Independence, this book reveals how "news from the East" carried in ships logs and mariners' news reports, journals, and correspondence shaped Americans' under...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morrison, Dane Anthony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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