Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery /
Nicholls, Steve.
Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery / Steve Nicholls. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - x, 524 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-493) and index.
A different world -- The discovery of paradise -- Abundant ocean -- Sea of whales -- Living in paradise -- Angels from the North -- Earthly paradise or earthly Hades? -- Poll Ben, and Martha -- souls and furs -- Gathering of waters -- A sea of islands -- Islands in the sea -- La Florida -- --To shining sea -- Blessing for the use of man -- Rivers of fish -- Wilderness cathedral -- The great stillness -- Devils in paradise -- A new world?
Here Steve Nicholls demonstrates with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. --from publisher description
9780226583402 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226583406 (cloth)
2008036076
GBA922472 bnb
014920601 Uk
Natural history--North America.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North America
North America--Discovery and exploration.
North America--Environmental conditions--History.
QH102 / .N53 2009
508.7
Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery / Steve Nicholls. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - x, 524 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-493) and index.
A different world -- The discovery of paradise -- Abundant ocean -- Sea of whales -- Living in paradise -- Angels from the North -- Earthly paradise or earthly Hades? -- Poll Ben, and Martha -- souls and furs -- Gathering of waters -- A sea of islands -- Islands in the sea -- La Florida -- --To shining sea -- Blessing for the use of man -- Rivers of fish -- Wilderness cathedral -- The great stillness -- Devils in paradise -- A new world?
Here Steve Nicholls demonstrates with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. --from publisher description
9780226583402 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226583406 (cloth)
2008036076
GBA922472 bnb
014920601 Uk
Natural history--North America.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North America
North America--Discovery and exploration.
North America--Environmental conditions--History.
QH102 / .N53 2009
508.7