Author: Henry D. PaxsonPublisher:
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Category : Delaware
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Sketch and Map of a Trip from Philadelphia to Tinicum Island, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where the Swedes Founded the First Permanent Colony, and Established and Maintained for Twelve Years (from 1643 to 1655) the First Seat of Government in Pennsylvania, Thirty-nine Years Before the Coming of William Penn
Author: Henry D. PaxsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delaware
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Natural Pennsylvania
Author: Charles FergusPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811720380
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Throughout Pennsylvania, within the state forest system, are 61 officially designated Natural Areas, each offering a bit of wildness deemed worthy of protection: rare-bird breeding sites, stands of old-growth trees, fragile wetlands, ice age remnants, mineral-rich mountainsides. To experience first-hand the unique features of each natural area, nature writer Charles Fergus spent a year visiting all 61. In this information-filled book, he reports on what he found, offering readers a guided tour of some of natural Pennsylvania's most distinctive places. He also provides information on how to visit the areas, each of which is open to the public.
Abridgment of the Nautical Almanac
Author: Atlantic Coast of the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of Light-HousesPublisher:
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Category : Beacons
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
New Sweden in America
Author: Carol E. HoffeckerPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874135206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
"Although it was the first permanent European settlement in the Delaware River valley, the New Sweden colony has long been ignored by American colonial historians. To right this omission, and to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the New Sweden colony, the University of Delaware sponsored an international conference, "New Sweden in America: Scandinavian Pioneers and Their Legacy" in March of 1988. This event brought together twenty-eight scholars from Sweden, Finland, and the United States who represented several fields, including history, anthropology, and geography. The conference papers, collected in New Sweden in America, present the first look at the New Sweden colony since the advent of modern historical methods." "The essays in this volume examine the economic and social lives of a political entity, as well as its political structures. The topics discussed include an examination of the European environment from which the colonial venture came, the colonists' relations with the Native Americans, and the Swedish and Finnish settlers' adaptation to colonial life. The essays depict seventeenth-century Sweden as it emerged from its traditional ways and isolation into the dynamic world of Western European international politics and trade, and the failed attempts to bring European mercantilist policies to New Sweden." "The fascinating stories of the trade between the Swedish and Dutch settlers and the Susquehannock and Lenni Lenape Indians, the development of pidgin languages to facilitate the trade, the devout Lutheran religious observations of the colonists, and the introduction of Finnish construction methods (especially the log cabin) are all described in this volume. To encourage further scholarship in this field, the contributors identify topics for future study and delineate where original colonial documents may be found on both sides of the Atlantic."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Light List, Including Fog Signals, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States ....
Author: Light List, Including Fog Signals, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States ...
Author: United States. Bureau of Light-HousesPublisher:
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Category : Beacons
Languages : en
Pages : 1972
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