1st Edition
The Settlement of America An Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion from Jamestown to the Closing of the Frontier
672 Pages
by
Routledge
672 Pages
by
Routledge
672 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2015. This encyclopaedic collection includes Volumes 1 (A-L) and 2 (M-Z) as well as essays on the settlement of America. It can be argued that the westward expansion occurred only one week after the English landfall at Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607. Beginning on May 21, Captain John Smith, one of the colonization company’s leaders, and twenty-one companions made their way... Read more
VOLUME 1: Introduction; Maps; Essays: The Trans-Appalachian Frontier; Indians; The Fur Trade; Overland Trails; The Military Establishment; Gold Rushes; Railroads; Arts and Letters. Entries A-L, VOLUME 2: Entries M-Z.
Biography
James A. Crutchfield (Author), Candy Moutlon (Author), Terry Del Bene (Author)
