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An indicative map of the prominent culture areas extant in the Western Hemisphere c. 1491, as presented in 1491. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication ...
- Charles C. Mann
- xii, 465 p.: ill., maps (1st ed.)
- 2005
- 2005
Oct 10, 2006 · Fascinating book revising assumptions regarding ancient America: 1491 - New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. In 1491 there were more people in the Americas (100 million +) than in Europe with vast cities thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids.
- Charles C. Mann
- $14.7
- Vintage
Sep 26, 2011 · Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary OL8362708M Openlibrary_edition OL8362708M Openlibrary_work OL3494320W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 99 Page_number_module_version 1.0.5 Pages 568 Pdf_module_version 0.0.23 Ppi
Oct 10, 2006 · A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. His 1491 won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Oct 9, 2005 · Oct. 9, 2005. 1491. New Revelations of the Americas. Before Columbus. By Charles C. Mann. Illustrated. 462 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $30. MOST of us know, or think we know, what the first Europeans ...
Aug 9, 2005 · Books. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. Charles C. Mann. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Aug 9, 2005 - History - 480 pages. A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the ...
Apr 16, 2021 · Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them.
