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020 _a9780226583402 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aNicholls, Steve.
245 1 0 _aParadise found :
_bnature in America at the time of discovery /
_cSteve Nicholls.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2009.
300 _ax, 524 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [461]-493) and index.
505 0 _aA 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?
520 _aHere 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
650 0 _aNatural history
_zNorth America.
651 0 _aNorth America
_xDiscovery and exploration.
650 0 _aNature
_xEffect of human beings on
_zNorth America
_xHistory.
651 0 _aNorth America
_xEnvironmental conditions
_xHistory.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008036076.html
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