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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...
Political Handbook of the Americas 2008by CQ Press
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 155.25An indispensable research tool for academic, public, and high school libraries, corporate and non-profit organization libraries, as well as U.S. and foreign government agencies and news media companies, this brand new guide is the one-stop source for vital information and analysis on every major aspect of government and politics in the Americas. This regional handbook covers all of North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. An in-depth introductory essay by CQ Researcher staff writer Peter Katel analyzes the issues, trends, and events that affect the entire Americas. Specific topics include:. * Battle for socioeconomic equality and race relations. * Rural indigenous cultures vs. Urbanization. * Rapidly expanding cities... more...
American Archaeology: Uncovers the Vikingsby Lois Miner Huey
Marshall Cavendish 2009; US$ 31.36Study American history through the artifacts of the Vikings. more...
Irresistible Northby Andrea Di Robilant
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 13.99From the author of A Venetian Affair and Lucia comes a charming odyssey in the path of the mysterious Zen brothers, who explored parts of the New World a century before Columbus, and became both a source of scandal and a cause célèbre among geographers in the following centuries. This delightful journey begins with Andrea di Robilant’s serendipitous discovery of a travel narrative published in Venice in 1558 by the Renaissance statesman Nicolò Zen: the text and its fascinating nautical map re-created the travels of two of the author’s ancestors, brothers who explored the North Atlantic in the 1380s and 1390s. Di Robilant set out to discover why later, in the nineteenth century, the Zens’ account came under... more...
Polynesians in Americaby Terry Jones; Alice Storey; Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith; José Ramírez-Aliaga; Andrew Clarke; María-Auxiliadora Cordero; Roger Green; Geoffrey Irwin; Kathryn Klar; Daniel Quiróz; Richard Scaglion; Marshall Weisler
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 84.99This volume presents a synthesis of over a century of academic research on the question of prehistoric trans-oceanic contacts between Polynesia and the New World. Leading experts in archaeology, botany, linguistics, and physical anthropology discuss the latest ground-breaking evidence that supports pre-Columbian Polynesian landfalls in both North and South America. more...
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