Marshlandic saga : First family, volume 1

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Jacksonville History Center

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Marshlandic saga : First family, volume 1

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Library.1903

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298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Marshlandic saga : First family, volume 1 Summary: In The Marshlandic Saga: First Family, you will find an unabridged historical saga of the Marshlands of Northeast Florida, and its first family. This novel chronicles the part-historical, part-fictional saga of the Ribaults as the First Family of the Marshlands of Northeast Florida and America. It depicts the consequences of the European invasion beginning with Ponce de Leon in 1513 and the founding of St. Augustine ... from back cover. Contents: Ribault's landing -- Further exploits -- Laudonniere's voyage to the Marshlands -- Menendez arrives -- Ribault's return -- Laudonniere escapes from the New World -- Laudonniere and Jacques Ribault return to rescue Marco Polo Ribault and Charles Laudonniere from the Natives -- Death of Menendez -- Ball game -- Calm before the storm -- Rise and fall of the missionary man -- Sir Francis Drake invades San Agustin -- King of the Marshlands -- New frontier -- Haunted land -- Revolt of 1656 -- Sea raid of 1665 -- Fort rises out of the marsh -- Road to extinction -- Flames and the fury -- Chronological timeline of the Marshlandic Kingdom -- Glossary of texts -- Glossary of illustrations, maps (Shamans, tribes, and Marshlandic hierarchies). Selected illustrations include: Ribault's Marshlandic stone column -- Le Moyne sketch of Ribault's landing, 1562 -- Chief Satouriona -- de Coligny -- Jean Ribault image -- Drawing of Fort Caroline -- Sir John Hawkins -- Map of La Florida, 1565 -- Map of 1513 -- Chief Athore & Laudonniere -- Map of mission roads in the Marshlandic Kingdom -- Image of Timucuan symbol.

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Nomenclature 4.0

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Book

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Other Documents

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Documentary Objects

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Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Ribaut, Jean, -- approximately 1520-1565 -- Fiction., Ribaut, Jean, -- approximately 1520-1565 -- Family -- Fiction.

Publication Details

Author

Maurer, Douglas V.

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Publisher not identified.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

[United States]

Call No.

F 314 .M55 2009

ISBN

9781441572431