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J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there?
At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that Adovasio and his fellow archaeologists have brought about, and the firestorm it has ignited. As he writes, "The work of lifetimes has been put at risk, reputations have been damaged,...
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English
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Following in the footsteps of the greatest Spanish adventurers, Michael Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hernán Cortés, Francisco, and Gonzalo Pizarro, Wood describes the dramatic events that accompanied the epic sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. He also follows parts of...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
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Illustrated history of humankind volume 4
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c1994
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1st ed.
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English
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland...
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Peace Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
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English
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The second of a four-volume series about the world's civilizations, this volume covers the major historical events in the years 400 to 1600 A.D., as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture.
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English
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"The result of extensive archival work and a bold interpretation of the historical record, New World, Inc. draws a portrait of life in London, on the Atlantic, and across the New World that offers a fresh analysis of the founding of American history. In the tradition of the best works of history that make us reconsider the past and better understand the present, Butman and Targett examine the enterprising spirit that inspired European settlement of...
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Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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"An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers."--From publisher description....
15) Dia de la Raza
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Español
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Introduces young readers to the history and traditions associated with Columbus Day.
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
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Random House trade paperback edition.
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English
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Examines cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans, offering evidence of the presence of African explorers in the New World centuries before the arrival of Columbus.
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H. Holt
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Chronicles the odyssey of a group of European explorers who arrived in Florida in 1528, only four of whom survived the eight-year, five-thousand-mile journey through the North American wilderness to finally reach an outpost of the Spanish empire.
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
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English
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"Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots--ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims...
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