Soldiers, cavaliers, and planters
Subtitle: settlers of the southeastern colonies
By: Kieran Doherty
Series: Shaping America
Publisher: Oliver Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781881508519
Subjects: Colonists; Juvenile literature; Biography; History
Description: Discusses the lives of nine people who were responsible for the founding or fostering the growth of settlements in the colonial American South.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and Spanish Florida --; title: Sir Walter Raleigh and the lost colony of Roanoke --; title: Captain John Smith and Jamestown, Virginia --; title: Calverts and the founding of Maryland --; title: Henry Woodward and the settlement of the Carolinas --; title: Iberville & Bienville and the founding of French Louisiana --; title: James Oglethorpe and the founding of Georgia --; title: Southeastern timeline.