Founding the American Colonies, 1583-1660
- ISBN-10
- 006131577X
- ISBN-13
- 9780061315770
- Category
- History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Authors
- John Edwin Pomfret, Floyd Mallory Shumway
Description
History of the colonizing of British America from Newfoundland to the West Indies.
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