Who discovered America? : the untold history of the peopling of the Americas
Menzies, Gavin, 1937-2013
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Combining in-depth research with an adventurer's spirit to present a radical rethinking and new revelations relating to the Beringia theory of how humans discovered, explored, and settled the American continent.
Main title:
Who discovered America? : the untold history of the peopling of the Americas / Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson.
Author:
Menzies, Gavin, 1937-, authorHudson, Ian, 1979-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Collation:
viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-284) and index.
Contents:
Timeline of world civilizations -- Across oceans before Columbus. Life at sea ; A land bridge too far ; Along the Silk Road ; Plants between continents ; European seafaring, 100,000 B.C. ; Mastery of the oceans before Columbus -- China in the Americas. The genetic evidence ; In search of lost civilizations ; The Olmec : the foundation culture of Central America ; Pyramids in Mexico and Central America ; Pyramid builders of South America -- China's explorations to the north. Kublai Khan's lost fleets ; The 1418 Chinese map of the world ; North Carolina and the Virginias ; The Eastern Seaboard ; Nova Cataia : the island of seven cities ; The Pacific Coast of North America ; Stone Age sailors : the "Windover Bog" people of Florida -- Conclusion: Who discovered America?
ISBN:
9780062292780 (pbk)
Dewey class:
970.011
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
23139