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The American discovery of Europe
- Title
- The American discovery of Europe / Jack D. Forbes.
- Author
- Forbes, Jack D.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007], ©2007.
- Supplementary Content
- Contributor biographical information
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E98.T73 F67 2007 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- xii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America's Native peoples to the European continent before Columbus's 1492 arrival in the "New World." The product of over twenty years of exhaustive research in libraries throughout Europe and the United States, the book presents a vast number of primary and secondary sources in order to paint a clear picture of the diverse and complex societies that constituted the Americas before 1492 and reveals the surprising Native American involvements in maritime trade and exploration."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-236) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Americans across the Atlantic : Galway and the certainty behind Columbus's voyage -- 2. The gulf stream and Galway : ocean currents and American visitors -- 3. Seagoing Americans : navigation in the Caribbean and vicinity -- 4. Ancient travelers and migrations -- 5. From Iberia to the Baltic : Americans in Roman and pre-modern Europe -- 6. The Inuit route to Europe -- 7. Native Americans crossing the Atlantic after 1493.
- ISBN
- 0252031520 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780252031526 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006015295
- 9780252031526
- OCLC
- OCM68694183
- 68694183
- SCSB-5313010
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries