| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Combining in-depth research with an adventurer's spirit to present a radical rethinking and new revelations relating to the Beringia theory of how humans discovered, explored, and settled the American continent. |
| Contents |
Timeline of world civilizations -- Across oceans before Columbus. Life at sea ; A land bridge too far ; Along the Silk Road ; Plants between continents ; European seafaring, 100,000 B.C. ; Mastery of the oceans before Columbus -- China in the Americas. The genetic evidence ; In search of lost civilizations ; The Olmec : the foundation culture of Central America ; Pyramids in Mexico and Central America ; Pyramid builders of South America -- China's explorations to the north. Kublai Khan's lost fleets ; The 1418 Chinese map of the world ; North Carolina and the Virginias ; The Eastern Seaboard ; Nova Cataia : the island of seven cities ; The Pacific Coast of North America ; Stone Age sailors : the "Windover Bog" people of Florida -- Conclusion: Who discovered America? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-284) and index. |
| Subject |
Explorers -- America -- History.
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Explorers -- North America -- History.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Chinese.
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North America -- Discovery and exploration.
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Bering Land Bridge.
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Ocean travel -- History.
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America -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Hudson, Ian, 1979- author.
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| ISBN |
9780062236753: $28.99 |
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006223675X |
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