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Who discovered America? : the untold history of the peopling of the Americas/ Gavin Menzies; Ian Hudson

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013Description: 308 p.: ill.; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780062236784
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • G 322 M551w 2013
Contents:
Timeline of world civilizaitons -- 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 civilizaions ; 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 -- Who discovered America?
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) G 322 M551w 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000149930

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Timeline of world civilizaitons --
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 civilizaions ; 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 --
Who discovered America?


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.

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