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Columbus in the Americasby William Least Heat-Moon
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 19.95A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold." With these portentous words, Christopher Columbus described one of his first encounters with Native Americans on the island of Guanahani, which he had named San Salvador and claimed for Spain the day before. In Columbus in the Americas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reveals that Columbus's subsequent dealings with the cultures he encountered not only did considerable immediate harm, but also set the pattern of behavior for those who followed... more...
Humanism and Americaby Andrew Fitzmaurice; Quentin Skinner; Lorraine Daston; Dorothy Ross; James Tully
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 42.00Humanism and America is the first major study of the impact of Renaissance humanism upon the English colonisation of America. Andrew Fitzmaurice conducts his analysis through an interdisciplinary examination of a broad spectrum of writings, ranging from the works of Thomas More to those of the Virginia Company. more...
The Last Voyage of Columbusby Martin Dugard
Little, Brown 2005; US$ 9.99The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being a liar, a secret Jew, and a foreigner who sought to steal the riches of the New World for himself. The tall, freckled explorer with the aquiline nose, whose flaming red hair long ago turned gray, passes his days in prayer and rumination, trying to ignore the waterfront gallows that are all too visible from his cell. And he plots for one great escape, one last voyage to the ends of the earth, one final... more...
Footprints of the Welsh Indiansby William L. Traxel
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 29.95The legend of Prince Madoc and the Welsh Indians is a remarkable story of a brave, resourceful and intelligent people and the footprints they left in the New World a story that has been scorned and neglected by modern historians. It is not a happy story more...
Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700by Lyle N. McAlister
University of Minnesota Press 1980; US$ 60.00A narrative and interpretive history of Spanish and Portuguese exploration, settlement, and colonization of the Americas. more...
Recharting the Black Atlanticby Annalisa Oboe; Anna Scacchi
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This book focuses on the migrations and metamorphoses of black bodies, practices and discourses around the Atlantic, particularly with regard to current issues such as questions of identity, political and human rights, cosmopolitics, and mnemo-history. more...
Chronicle of the Narvaez Expeditionby Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca; Fanny Bandelier
Penguin Group Inc. 2002; US$ 11.99This riveting true story is the first major narrative detailing the exploration of North America by Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). The author, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition sent to claim for Spain a vast area of today's southern United States. In simple, straightforward prose, Cabeza de Vaca chronicles the nine-year odyssey endured by the men after a shipwreck forced them to make a westward journey on foot from present-day Florida through Louisiana and Texas into California. In thirty-eight brief chapters, Cabeza de Vaca describes the scores of natural and human obstacles they encountered as they made their way across an unknown land. Cabeza de Vaca's gripping... more...
Juan Ponce de Leonby Louise Chipley Slavicek
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 30.00While searching for the fountain of youth, Ponce de Leon became the first European to reach what is now the state of Florida. more...
Discovery of the Americasby Tom Smith
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 48.00Interesting topics Include: Books and printing in the age of Columbus; The Inca Empire; The horse in North America; The legend of El Dorado; The Nootka Convention; The Pueblo Revolt; The role of California missions. more...
Early American Indian Tribesby Marie Patterson
Teacher Created Materials Publishing 2004; US$ 8.99The American Indian culture consisted of specific customs and traditions that regulated everything from who would lead the tribes to who would marry within the tribes. They kept precise, detailed accounts of their tribal histories because they foresaw the importance of passing down their histories. more...









