| A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia Contributor(s): Hariot, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419100270 ISBN-13: 9781419100277 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: PAGATOWR, a kinde of graine so called by the inhabitants; the same in the West Indies is called MAYZE: English men call it Guinney wheat or Turkie wheat, according to the names of the countries from whence the like hath been brought. The grain is about the bigness of our ordinary English peaze and not much different in form and shape: but of diverse colors: some white, some red, some yellow, and some blue. All of them yield a very white and sweet flower: beeing used according to his kind it maketh a very good bread. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 975.502 |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 7.58" W x 9.2" (0.26 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
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