Nicholls, Steve. <br/><br/>
Paradise found :  nature in America at the time of discovery / 
Steve Nicholls. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2009. 
 - x, 524 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-493) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226583402 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226583406 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008036076 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA922472  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014920601  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural history--North America.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North America
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>North America--Discovery and exploration.<br/>North America--Environmental conditions--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH102  / .N53 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>508.7