TY - BOOK AU - Snell,T.Loftin ED - National Geographic Society (U.S.). TI - The wild shores: America's beginnings SN - 0870441485 AV - E121 .S63 U1 - 973.1 PY - 1974///] CY - Washington PB - National Geographic Society KW - Discoveries in geography KW - fast KW - United States KW - Discovery and Exploration KW - sears KW - America KW - Discovery and exploration KW - History KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - 1783-1865 KW - Histoire N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 202) and index; Foreword -- The newfound land -- Island triumphs, mainland defeats, 1492-1561 -- Bloody Florida, lost Roanoke, 1562-1590 -- Settlers for a season, 1520-1608 -- Holding on in Virginia and Canada, 1607-1620 -- Pious Plymouth, rowdy Manhattan, 1620-1630 -- Lords brethren and lords Calvert, 1625-1647 -- Struggle over land, rent and rulers, 1638-1699 -- Outposts in the south, 1 650-1775 -- Missions and fur posts on the Pacific, 1740-1841 N2 - Examines the origins of America's early settlers and the successes and failures of the early French, English, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, German, and Russian settlements in the New World ER -