Madoc: The Making of a Myth

by Gwyn Alfred Williams

Book Overview

Three hundred years before Columbus, Madoc, son of Prince Owain Gwynedd, sailed to North America in order to settle there. Soon thereafter, he returned to Wales, leaving behind some of his people to colonize the newly discovered land. First reported by Dr. John Dee to Queen Elizabeth I and publicized as the official view in 1580 in order to justify the English raids on Spanish-controlled North America, this myth greatly influenced American and Welsh...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192851780
• ISBN13: 9780192851789
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"