{"product_id":"the-american-discovery-of-europe-9780252078361","title":"The American Discovery of Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn independent and indigenous revision of established history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating book that makes an important . . . contribution to the subject of pre-Columbian contacts between America and Europe. . . . Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Provocative. . . . Turning the concept of 'discovers' on its head, Forbes dispels a lot of common assumptions about who 'discovered' whom in the Americas, in an extensive and fascinating exploration of early maritime histories of the Native Americans.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Interesting and thought provoking. . . . [Forbes] raises many significant questions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--American Anthropologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly refreshing. . . .Very convincing.\"--\u003ci\u003eElixir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Forbes’] extensive use of manuscript or published sources, interviews, and correspondence with specialists in a wide variety of fields is impressive.”--\u003ci\u003eTerrae Incognitae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will find much to ponder in this volume, and the extensive bibliography is a valuable guide to further study.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Forbes makes an unusual and fascinating contribution to the story of the New and Old Worlds and the links between them, questioning in a welcome way the truth and ideological sway of orthodox history. He leads his reader along paths rarely, if ever, trodden, ultimately in search of a fairer account of native America and its role in the world. This is a quest Forbes's own ancestry and--not least--keen sense of language well equip him to undertake. He eminently succeeds.\"--Gordon Brotherston, author of \u003ci\u003eImage of the New World: The American Continent Portrayed in Native Texts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A decisive, independent, and long overdue contribution that pulls the plug from the inflated icon the Christian West has made of the slaver Christopher Columbus in his mistaken attempt to reach India.\"--Hartmut Lutz, professor of American studies, Greifswald University, Germany","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359002624343,"sku":"9780252078361","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252078361.jpg?v=1754123180","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-american-discovery-of-europe-9780252078361","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}