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J**E
Great
Excellent book and service
S**C
and it laid out each detail in great order and it was very accessible and interesting
I had to read this book for a history paper, and it laid out each detail in great order and it was very accessible and interesting! I learned a lot :)
A**E
historical details
I had a hard time getting through it. The historical details seemed tedious and redundant to read. I may add information to someone wanting to add information to present knowledge, but as a first time reader, I found it hard to get through.
K**R
Four Stars
a history worth reading
M**R
Nice book
I bought this book for my wife so i cant give an accurate review but as far as the quality and looks of the book i would recomend it.
K**R
great book
Great history of the colony.
M**O
When things fall apart...
Everything went wrong. The first ships were sent for the wrong reasons, with all the wrong men, and armed with all the wrong ideas. It really does give a lot of information without getting bored or bogged down in details. The author does not talk down to us - giving us all the knowledge and evidence available to help understand the flaws, merits and issues of European culture trying to colonize the New World. The author talks about the politics of the English Court, the relationships with the Indians and other European nations, the mind set of the men sent in the first days of the colony.In the end the mystery is why is lasted as long as it did and why didn't they use the lessons here to help Jamestown? Well, to be honest, some of the lessons were used and some were not.I would also suggest The Deadly Politics of Giving: Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown by Seth Mallios if you wanted to learn more about what factors were involved. I think it helps build up a complete picture of what happened with the first colonies.
T**L
Glad I bought this book but I wanted to know ...
Glad I bought this book but I wanted to know as much as possible about the colony itself, the people who landed there and the theories on what could have happened to them. This was of course covered in the book but too briefly in my opinion there was too much detail on the Spanish and English rivalry in terms of settling the new world. There was a lot of focus on the lack of navigational expertise of the English and their motivation to use it as a base for attacking Spanish galleons etc. which is an important part of the story but there seemed too many chapters on that and not enough on Roanoke itself. Clearly the author had researched this period well and the historical characters that had a vested interest in colonisation but it wasn't quite what I expected, a very enjoyable read all the same.
A**R
Great
Exactly as expected
A**E
Die verlorene Kolonie...
Frau Kupperman (Professorin an der NYU) beschreibt in diesem Werk den ersten englischen Versuch der Besiedelung der neuen Welt. Nach einer ersten Expedition im Jahre 1594, landeten die ersten Siedler 1895 auf Roanoke Island in der Cheaspeake Bay vor Virginia. Ihre eigentliche "Mission" sah es vor, einen Freibeuterstützpunkt zum Schaden der spanischen Schatzschiffe aus Südamerika zu errichten.Da die Siedler (meist ehemalige Soldaten) zu spät ankamen, waren sie hinsichtlich ihres Überlebens auf die Unterstützung durch die Ureinwohner Amerikas (sprich: Indianer) angewiesen. Leider kam es im Lauf der Zeit zu heftigen Zusammenstößen, da den Indianern aufgrund einer Dürreperiode die Nahrung knapp wurde, während die Siedler sich zunehmend herrischer benahmen, da sie meinten jede kleine Übertretung sofort ahnden zu müssen.Als im Juni 1686 der Häuptling eines nahegelegenen Stamms hetötet wurde, war die Verständigung die bisher immerhin in Maßen funktioniert hatte wieder zunichtegemacht.Als Sir Francis Drake, der berühmte englische Freubeuter und Abenteurer auf der Insel vorbeischaute, wurde sie daher von den Kolonisten mit Freuden verlassen.1587 segelte die nächste Expedition nach Roanoke Island. Da die Kolonisten diesesmal aus Familien bestanden, war auf eine erfolgreiche Ansiedlung zu hoffen. Dennoch war es offenbar schwierig das Überleben der Kolonie sicherzustellen weshalb ihr Gouverneur, John White, die Insel verließ um Unterstützung vom englischen Mutterland zu erbitten. Aufgrund wiedriger Umstände kam er jedoch erst 1590 wieder nach Roanoke zurück. Dort angekommen fand er die Siedlung, unter Zurücklassung einer kryptischen Wegangabe, verlassen vor. Dies begründete den Mythos der "Lost Colony".Kupperman, wie viele ihrer Wissenschaftskollegen mutmaßt, dass die Siedler die Insel zugunsten des Festlandes verließen und sich dort im Laufe der Zeit den indianischen Eingeborenen anschlossen. So sprechen Quellen aus dem 17. Jhd. vermehrt von "weißen Indianern".Was auch immer das tatsächliche Schicksal der Roanoke-Siedler war, spannend ist die frühe Explorationsgeschichte des amerikanischen Kontinents allemal.
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