Chesapeake: Exploring the Water Trail of Captain John Smith
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Book Overview
This richly illustrated, informative, and inviting book intertwines two fascinating stories of discovery. The first, among the earliest classics of New World adventure, recounts Captain John Smith's exploration of Chesapeake Bay 400 years ago; the second revisits this stunning landscape as it is today-- both to showcase its still-unspoiled splendors and to issue a timely warning of looming threats to its vibrant but fragile ecology. Dozens of dazzling...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0792255569
ISBN13:9780792255567
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:National Geographic Society
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
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Chesapeake Odyssey
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This volume is a wonderful piece of history since it uses the past to inform the present and provides a hint of the future of this wonderful gift that those of us on the East Coast are privileged to enjoy.
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