| #339766 in Books | Kieran Doherty | 2008-05-13 | 2008-05-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.3 x5.50l,.56 | File type: PDF | 288 pages | Sea Venture Shipwreck Survival and the Salvation of Jamestown||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Fantastic book! Couldn't put it down!|By Bev65|I Love this book! I couldn't put it down. Very well written! When I first purchased this book I thought that Sir George Yeardley, one of the passengers on the Sea Venture who later served several terms as Governor of Virginia, was one of my ancestors. I wanted to read about the struggles that he and the others went through, no|||“Doherty's fast-paced and colorful blow-by-blow account is a swashbuckling tale of adventure in the age of exploration.” ―Publishers Weekly|“Doherty's well-told yarn reveals the impulses both noble and base underlying any colonial e
In one of the most triumphant high sea stories ever told, Kieran Doherty brings to life the remarkable true story of the ship that rescued the struggling Jamestown settlement in 1610 and single-handedly ensured England's place in the New World. When the Sea Venture left England in 1609, it was flagship in a fleet of nine bound for Jamestown with roughly 600 settlers and badly needed supplies aboard. But after four weeks at sea, as the voyage neared its end, a hurrican...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of Jamestown | Kieran Doherty. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
