Czech American Timeline: Chronology of Milestones in the History of Czechs in America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781491824849)

Czech American Timeline chronicles important events bearing on Czech-American history, from the earliest known entry of a Czech on American soil to date. This comprehensive chronology depicts the dazzling epic history of Czech colonists, settlers, as well as early visitors, and their descendants, starting in 1519, with Hernán Cortés' soldier Johann Berger in Mexico, and in 1528, the Jáchymov miners in Haiti, through the escapades of Bohemian Jesuits in Latin America in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Bohemian and Moravian pioneer settlers in New Amsterdam (New York) in the 17th century and the extraordinary mission work of Moravian Brethren in the 18th century, to the mass migration of Czechs from the Habsburg Empire in the second half of the 19th and the early part of the 20th centuries and the contemporary exodus of Czechs from Nazism and Communism. Historically, this is the first serious undertaking of its kind. This is an invaluable reference to all researchers and students of Czech-American history, as well as to professionals and amateurs of Czech-American genealogy, and to individuals interested in immigration and cultural history, in general.

Author: Miloslav Jr. Rechcigl
ISBN-10: 1491824840
ISBN-13: 9781491824849
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2013
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d