Emigrants : why the English sailed to the New World / James Evans.
Emigrants : why the English sailed to the New World / James Evans.
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Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2018/1800
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English
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Physical content
314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
During the course of the seventeenth century nearly 400,000 people left Britain for the Americas, most of them from England. Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaking, the voyage long and treacherous. There was little hope of returning to see the friends and family who stayed behind. Why did so many go? A significant number went for religious r...
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Emigrants : why the English sailed to the New World / James Evans.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-303) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/1800
Record Identifier
74VKVNbqqpGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNbqqpGA
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ISBN
0297866907 (hardback)
9780297866909 (hardback)
DDC
304.873
MMS ID
991024162506402626
