A Voyage to Virginia in 1609: Two Narratives: Strachey's "True Reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas Strachey’s story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropical island for eleven months andin an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulnessused local cedarwood, along w
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| Title | : | A Voyage to Virginia in 1609: Two Narratives: Strachey's "True Reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas |
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (404 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813934664 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-17 |
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To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the University of Virginia Press reissues its first-ever publication. The volume’s two accounts of the 1609 wreck of a Jamestown-bound ship offer a gripping sea adventure from the earliest days of American colonization, but the dramatic events’ even greater claim to fame is for serving as the inspiration for William Shakespeare’s last major work, The Tempest.William Strachey was one of six hundred passengers sailing to Jamestown as part of the largest expedition yet to Virginia. A mere week from their destination, the fleet’s flagship, Sea Venture, met a tropical storm and wrecked on one of the islands of Bermuda. Strachey’s story might have ended there, but the castaways survived on the tropical island for eleven months andin an act of almost incomprehensible resourcefulnessused local cedarwood, along with the wreckage of their own ship, to construct two seaworthy boats and continue successfully on their voyag
Editorial : About the AuthorThe late Louis B. Wright was Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library from 1948 to 1968.
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