Jamestown and Her Neighbors on Virginia's Historic Peninsula
Jane E. Davis
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Length 3 h 4 min
Chapters 15
First published 1928
A brief history of the early years of the historic Virginia Peninsula lying between the James and the York Rivers and extending from Richmond to Old Point Comfort. For the purposes of this book, which is to treat of the earliest English settlers in America, it includes a narrow strip south of the James, the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and also the harbor of Hampton Roads. - Summary by J. E. Davis
Chapters
1
Foreward Read by James R. Hedrick 2:51
2
The Jamestown Colony Read by James R. Hedrick 9:01
3
Today on Jamestown Island Read by James R. Hedrick 13:56
4
The Peninsula in the Seventeenth Century Read by James R. Hedrick 10:24
5
Pirates of the Virginia Capes Read by James R. Hedrick 10:13
6
Old Williamsburg Read by James R. Hedrick 14:25
7
Present-Day Williamsburg Read by James R. Hedrick 11:08
8
The Peninsula in the Eighteenth Century Read by James R. Hedrick 6:45
9
The Vikings of Virginia Read by James R. Hedrick 14:55
10
Yorktown: The Waterloo of the Revolution Read by James R. Hedrick 11:56
11
Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe Read by James R. Hedrick 11:02
12
Round About Hampton Roads Read by James R. Hedrick 11:32
13
Hampton : America's Oldest English Town Read by James R. Hedrick 14:26
14
Richmond and the James River Plantations Read by James R. Hedrick 15:24
15
The Peninsula's Appeal to the Tourist Read by James R. Hedrick 13:07
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