| Columbus Was Last: From 200,000 B.C. to 1492, a Heretical History of Who Was First. Contributor(s): Huyghe, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1938398076 ISBN-13: 9781938398070 Publisher: Anomalist Books OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | North American - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 970.015 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.09 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Columbus Was Last is an engrossing narrative about the research of archeologists, geographers, geologists, oceanographers, linguists, folklorists, ethnobotanists, and other scholars that convincingly dispels the simplistic legend that Columbus was the first to"discover" America. "The best book so far to answer the question 'Who discovered America?'...This important, spell-binding report replaces sugar-coated myths about Columbus's invasion of America with indispensable history." - Publishers Weekly "A thoughtful and challenging consideration of the many voyagers who might have reached the Americas by sea before the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria...Well informed and well written, always provocative if not conclusive, this is revisionist history with a vengeance --and about time, too." --Kirkus Reviews "Persuasively and emphatically disputes the fact that Columbus actually discovered America...A long-overdue tribute to a score of forgotten and disregarded explorers, adventurers, and sailors. Highly recommended..." - Booklist |