The American Discovery of Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780252031526)

The American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America's Native peoples to the European continent before Columbus's 1492 arrival in the "New World." The product of over twenty years of exhaustive research in libraries throughout Europe and the United States, the book paints a clear picture of the diverse and complex societies that constituted the Americas before 1492 and reveals the surprising Native American involvements in maritime trade and exploration. Starting with an encounter by Columbus himself with mysterious people who had apparently been carried across the Atlantic on favorable currents, Jack D. Forbes proceeds to explore the seagoing expertise of early Americans, theories of ancient migrations, the evidence for human origins in the Americas, and other early visitors coming from Europe to America, including the Norse. The provocative, extensively documented, and heartfelt conclusions of The American Discovery of Europe present an open challenge to received historical wisdom.

Author: Jack D. Forbes
ISBN-10: 0252031520
ISBN-13: 9780252031526
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2007 pg. 84
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 57