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.
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ISBN:9780062236753 (hc.) :
ISBN:006223675X (hc.)
Physical Description:print viii, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : William Morrow, c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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?
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