Voyagers to the New World / Nigel Davies.
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TextPublisher: New York : Morrow, 1979Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: ix, 287 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0688033962
- 9780688033965
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 910.92 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FEAH25072407 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.
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.
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.