The Virginia adventure : (Record no. 59041)
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| fixed length control field | 02805cam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ocm28891458 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20190307184005.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 930831s1994 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 93033213 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER | |
| National bibliography number | B9498552 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0394564464 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780394564463 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | UKV3G |
| -- | BAKER |
| -- | BTCTA |
| -- | LVB |
| -- | YDXCP |
| -- | OCLCQ |
| -- | GDC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | n-us-va |
| -- | n-us-nc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F229 |
| Item number | .N84 1994 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 975.5/4251 |
| Edition number | 20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | No�el Hume, Ivor. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 74765 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Virginia adventure : |
| Remainder of title | Roanoke to James Towne : an archaeological and historical odyssey / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Knopf, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxviii, 491 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Map of early Virginia (17th and 18th century America) on end papers. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-467) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Whosoever commands the sea -- The new fort in Virginia -- The cittie that never was -- West from the Azores -- Most welcome and fertile place -- Arrows of outrageous fortune -- Alarums and excursions -- Crowning and other achievements -- Lewd and naughtie practices -- A ship in time -- Strong pales and shivered arrows -- No fayre lady -- Questionable answers -- Stinking beer and other calamities -- Day of the diggers. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book examines the two earliest English outposts in Virginia--Roanoke and James Towne--and pieces together revelatory information extrapolated from the shards and postholes of excavations at these sites with contemporary accounts found in journals, letters, and official records of the period. The author illuminates narratives that have a mythic status in our early history : the exploits of Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, and Powhatan; the life and death of Pocahontas; and the disappearance of the Roanoke colony. He recounts an excavation at Roanoke where he and his colleagues found the work site of a metallurgist named Joachim Gans, whose findings about the mineral wealth of Virginia helped to convince London merchants that America was a worthy risk. This is an account of high and low adventure, of noble efforts and base impulses, and of the inevitably tragic interactions between Indians and Europeans, marked by greed, treachery, and commonplace savagery on both sides. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Roanoke Colony. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 74766 |
| Geographic name | Jamestown (Va.) |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27999 |
| Geographic name | Colonie de Roanoke (Car. du N.) |
| General subdivision | Histoire. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 74767 |
| Geographic name | Jamestown (Va.) |
| General subdivision | Histoire. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27999 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/93033213.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/93033213.html</a> |
| Materials specified | Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/93033213.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/93033213.html</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | NF |
| Lost status | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode Number | Koha item type |
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| Nonfiction | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 975.5 HUM | 34517000279946 | NF |