Audiobook14 hours
The Island that Disappeared: The Lost History of the Mayflower's Sister Ship and Its Rival Puritan Colony
Written by Tom Feiling
Narrated by Shaun Grindell
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
The creation myth of the United States begins with the plucky English puritans of the Mayflower-but what about the story of its sister ship, the Seaflower?
Few people today know the story of the passengers aboard the Seaflower, who in 1630 founded a rival puritan colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence. They were convinced that England's empire would rise not in barren New England, but rather in tropical Central America.
However, Providence became a colony in constant crisis: crops failed, slaves revolted . . . and then there were the pirates. And, as Tom Feiling discovers in this surprising history, the same drama was played out by the men and women who re-settled the island one hundred years later.
The Island That Disappeared presents Providence as a fascinating microcosm of colonialism-even today. At first glance it is an island of devout churchgoers-but look a little closer, and you see that it is still dependent on its smugglers.
At once intimate and global, this story of puritans and pirates goes to the heart of the contradictory nature of the Caribbean and how the Western World took shape.
Few people today know the story of the passengers aboard the Seaflower, who in 1630 founded a rival puritan colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence. They were convinced that England's empire would rise not in barren New England, but rather in tropical Central America.
However, Providence became a colony in constant crisis: crops failed, slaves revolted . . . and then there were the pirates. And, as Tom Feiling discovers in this surprising history, the same drama was played out by the men and women who re-settled the island one hundred years later.
The Island That Disappeared presents Providence as a fascinating microcosm of colonialism-even today. At first glance it is an island of devout churchgoers-but look a little closer, and you see that it is still dependent on its smugglers.
At once intimate and global, this story of puritans and pirates goes to the heart of the contradictory nature of the Caribbean and how the Western World took shape.
Related to The Island that Disappeared
Related audiobooks
Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Man Most Driven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644 – 1865 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAggression and Sufferings: Settler Violence, Native Resistance, and the Coalescence of the Old South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trials of Thomas Morton: An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Conquest to Colony: Empire, Wealth, and Difference in Eighteenth-Century Brazil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBritish Intelligence in the World Wars: The History and Legacy of Britain’s Covert Activities during Both Conflicts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCommodore Matthew Perry: The Life and Legacy of the U.S. Navy Officer Who Opened Japan to the West Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA World of Enemies: America's Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory Of The Conquest Of Peru - William Hickling Prescott Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Third Reich in Power Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man in the Red Coat Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Opening of the First Crusade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSt. John’s Church, Richmond Virginia: American Revolution was plotted here Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmpires of the Steppes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Starving Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Social Science For You
Behold a Pale Horse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Left Hand of Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Own It All: How to Stop Waiting for Change and Start Creating It. Because Your Life Belongs to You. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small Mercies: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Cute When You're Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radiolab: Journey Through The Human Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Island that Disappeared
Rating: 3.357142857142857 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
7 ratings1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An interesting story that was, unfortunately, rather dry in the telling.