WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/375646756

A Voyage Long and Strange : On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

"What happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth. Horwitz tells the story of these brave and often crazed explorers while retracing their steps on his own epic trek--an odyssey that takes him inside an Indian sweat lodge in subarctic Canada, down the Mississippi in a canoe, on a road trip fueled by buffalo meat, and into sixty pounds of armor as a conquistador reenactor in Florida. A Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mix of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America's history vividly to life."--Back cover.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

alternateName

http://schema.org/alternateName

  • "Voyage long and strange"@pl
  • "Drugie odkrywanie Nowego Świata"@pl

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • ""What happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth. Horwitz tells the story of these brave and often crazed explorers while retracing their steps on his own epic trek--an odyssey that takes him inside an Indian sweat lodge in subarctic Canada, down the Mississippi in a canoe, on a road trip fueled by buffalo meat, and into sixty pounds of armor as a conquistador reenactor in Florida. A Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mix of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America's history vividly to life."--Back cover."@en
  • "An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, this book captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs, these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers."
  • ""A chronicle of the period in American history between Columbus's discovery of the New World and Jamestown's founding evaluates the voyages and first-contact experiences of numerous European adventurers"--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "A chronicle of the period in American history between Columbus's discovery of the New World and Jamestown's founding evaluates the voyages and first-contact experiences of numerous European adventurers."@en
  • "An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description."
  • "An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.--From publisher description."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "A Voyage Long and Strange : On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America"@en
  • "A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world"@en
  • "A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world"
  • "A voyage long and strange"
  • "A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the New World"@en
  • "A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the New World"
  • "A voyage long and strange rediscovering the new world"@en
  • "A Voyage Long and Strange - LP"
  • "A voyage long and strange on the trail of vikings, conquistadors, lost colonists, and other adventurs in early America"
  • "Die wahren Entdecker der Neuen Welt von den Wikingern bis zu den Pilgervätern"
  • "A voyage long and strange : on the trail of Vikings, conquistadors, lost colonists, and other adventurers in early America"@en
  • "A voyage long and strange : on the trail of Vikings, conquistadors, lost colonists, and other adventurers in early America"
  • "Podróż długa i dziwna : drugie odkrywanie Nowego Świata"@pl
  • "Es war nicht Kolumbus : die wahren Entdecker der Neuen Welt"

workExample