John Smith's Chesapeake voyages, 1607-1609 / Helen C. Rountree, Wayne E. Clark, and Kent Mountford ; contributing authors, Michael B. Barber [and others].

Other author/creatorClark, Wayne E.
Other author/creatorMountford, Kent, 1938-
Other author/creatorBarber, Michael B.
Other author/creatorChesapeake Bay Gateways Network.
Other author/creatorUnited States. National Park Service.
Other author/creatorVirginia. Department of Historic Resources.
Other author/creatorMaryland Historical Trust.
Contents The Chesapeake environment in the early seventeenth century -- The world of Algonquian-speaking peoples -- Englishmen in the Chesapeake -- John Smith's first voyage up the Chesapeake Bay : June 2-July 21, 1608 -- John Smith's second voyage up the Chesapeake Bay : July 24-September 7, 1608 -- The Powhatan River, becoming "King James His River," and Hampton Roads -- The "Pamunkey" : the York River drainage -- The farmers and fishermen of the lower Eastern Shore -- The middle Eastern Shore : land of marsh and merchants -- The head of the bay : the Iroquoian speakers' northwest passage -- The Patuxent River basin : "good cheer" and "infinite kinds of fish" -- The Potomac River : conduit and boundary -- The Rappahannock River basin and the Piedmont peoples.
General note"Published in association with the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network and the U.S. National Park Service, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and Maryland Historical Trust."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-389) and index.
LCCN 2006037564
ISBN9780813926445 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813926440 (cloth : alk. paper)

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