Providence Island, 1630-1641 : the other Puritan colony /
"Thoroughly researched account of attempt by English Protestants to establish colony on Old Providence Island (Santa Catalina, off the coast of Nicaragua). Planted in 1630, colony failed to prosper for reasons author develops with clarity and erudition, and was wiped out by the Spanish in 1641....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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| Edition: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Summary: | "Thoroughly researched account of attempt by English Protestants to establish colony on Old Providence Island (Santa Catalina, off the coast of Nicaragua). Planted in 1630, colony failed to prosper for reasons author develops with clarity and erudition, and was wiped out by the Spanish in 1641. Failure, of course, did not end British interest in the Caribbean or in the Central American coast. Major work"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.! http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 393 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Awards: | American Historical Association Albert A. Beveridge Award, 1994. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521558352 9780521558358 0521352053 9780521352055 |