Voyagers to the New World / Nigel Davies.

By:

Davies, Nigel, 1920-2004 [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Morrow, 1979Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: ix, 287 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0688033962
9780688033965

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Contents:

A perennial problem -- The northern trail -- Man and maize -- America's first capitalists -- The eastern ocean -- White gods with black faces -- Pharaohs and Phoenicians -- Worlds in confusion -- Polynesian perspectives -- The Vinland Vikings -- Cause and effect.

Summary: Examines various theories about the origins of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and the possibility that their development was influenced by other cultures and civilizations.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.

Examines various theories about the origins of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and the possibility that their development was influenced by other cultures and civilizations.