The Gate to Phaeton
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4052174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen M Balutansky (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-156 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meridians (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-6936 • E-ISSN: 1547-8424 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/mer.2004.5.1.146 |
| OpenAlex | W2092479399 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
On sunny summer days, when I'm digging in my flower garden on a bluff overlooking Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, I look across the lake to the Adirondack Mountains and my mind pictures the mountains I saw growing up on the northeastern coast of Haiti. I am, once again, a child scrambling down the bank to the shore in front of my parents' house to play in the volcanic rock and marl. Blue crabs scurry away at my footsteps. Directly across the bay, the pale beige buildings of Fort Liberte shine in the sunlight. To the east, the blue-grey mountains rise abruptly from the flat expanse of the endless fields of sisal. Robert L. Pettigrew, the founder of Dauphin Plantation, thought that in 1492 Cacique Guacanagari's main settlement was located right here, in this Bay of Fort Liberte. He was only off by about thirty miles in his assessment of the spot where Columbus's men built Fort Navidad with the remains of the sunken Santa Maria and
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |