Chesapeake: Exploring the Water Trail of Captain John Smith

by John Page Williams and John Page Williams Jr.

Book Overview

This richly illustrated, informative, and inviting book intertwines two fascinating stories of discovery. The first, among the earliest classics of New World adventure, recounts Captain John Smith's exploration of Chesapeake Bay 400 years ago; the second revisits this stunning landscape as it is today-- both to showcase its still-unspoiled splendors and to issue a timely warning of looming threats to its vibrant but fragile ecology. Dozens of dazzling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792255569
• ISBN13: 9780792255567
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Chesapeake Odyssey

This volume is a wonderful piece of history since it uses the past to inform the present and provides a hint of the future of this wonderful gift that those of us on the East Coast are privileged to enjoy.