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More imagesRichard Ameryk and the Name America Gloucestershire Studies
H. P. R. Finberg Edited A.E. Hudd C.S.Taylor G. Baskerville E.A.L.Moir
Published by Leicester University Press, England, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First English Edition. SALE First English Edition Very Good+ Hardcover Very Good+ Dust Jacket NOT Price clipped. Complete 304 pp. Hardcover Edition. Clean pages NOT a library copy. Some foxing and toning on endpapers. Tan hardcover brown title patch with gilt titles on spine. Among the history essays are 'Richard Amercyk and the name America" by A.E.Hudd compelling study on west country Bristol being the origin for pre-Columbian British Activity and the naming of America based on Cabot and port master Richard Amercyk. Also Winchcombe Abbey and the Manor of Sherborne"The Origin of the Mercian Shires" by C.S. Taylor author of "St. Michael's Mount." Here shows, for Tolkien fans (Like myself, I might add) the origin of the Saxon word "Shire". Also dark age Saxon and Viking Mercia. Much more in this handsome book of early Gloucestershire. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. Fold Out Map (illustrator).…