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The Mayflower (Paperback)
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The Mayflower (Paperback)
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List price R497
Loot Price R458
Discovery Miles 4 580
You Save R39 (8%)
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The ship itself was obscure and small, valued at a mere 128 pounds,
eight shillings, and fourpence. Each passenger had a total area the
size of a single mattress under a five-foot ceiling in which to
cook, eat, sleep, dress and all the rest of living. During the
months-long journey, one Pilgrim died. Another, washed overboard,
was miraculously washed back on deck. A crew member, not so
fortunate, perished. The landing at Plymouth was on the morning of
Monday, December 11, 1620. Ahead of this brave band lay a harsh
winter, which robbed more than half the settlers of their lives.
When spring came at last, 54 people were left, 21 of them under
sixteen. But when the Mayflower sailed back to England, not one
survivor asked to return. The men and women of the Mayflower did
not come seeking fame or profit. They sought-and found-peace. The
agreement they drew up before landing was described by John Quincy
Adams as "the first example in modern times of a social compact or
system of government instituted by voluntary agreement conformable
to the laws of nature, by men of equal rights and about to
establish their community in a new country." This book reconstructs
the voyage that linked European civilization and America, the facts
behind what was to become the first legend of the American people,
a pioneering journey that took nearly four centuries to come to
life as it does in these pages.
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