Bibliograph

Who discovered America?, the untold history of the peopling of the Americas, Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson

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Who discovered America?, the untold history of the peopling of the Americas, Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-284) and index

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illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Who discovered America?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson

Sub title

the untold history of the peopling of the Americas

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

Table Of 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?

Target audience

adult

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