Before Columbus: Exploration and Colonisation from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492, Paperback - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Reducere. Demonstrating that Columbus's voyage was a new step in a centuries-old process of European expansion, Fernandez-Armesto provides a stimulating acco...

A vivid new book from an established and bestselling historian

Reducere. 1492: Not Simply the YearColumbus Sailed the Ocean Blue . . .In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe Fern ndez-Armesto traces key elements ...

An overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.Illustrations: B/WEditor(s): Joao Tereso

Reducere. In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary hi...

Reducere. Erudite, wide-ranging, a work of dazzling scholarship written with extraordinary flair, Civilizations redefines the subject that has fascinated his...

An extraordinary journey through the history of human imagination, from the dawn of civilisation to the present day

Reducere. "A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties--emotion, perception and reason--to shape the his...

An extraordinary journey through the history of human imagination, from the dawn of civilisation to the present day

When Columbus landed in 1492, the New World was far from being a vast expanse of empty wilderness: it was home to some seventy-five million people....

Sword of Empire: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas from Columbus to Cortés, 1492-1529 is, by design, an approachable and accessible history of s...

Reducere. As the Quincentennial Celebration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America approaches, interest in the voyage, and in the questions surroundi...

Reducere. Living The Mexican Dream Imagine living in a place where your dollars are worth almost 20 times more than in the US, but that is also modern and cl...

Reducere. Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the Americas, but his voyages led to European exploration of the New World. Rich in resources an...

Reducere. Saint Brendan and the Voyage Before Columbus is a an exciting picture book that introduces children and their parents to the story of Brendan's voy...

It was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of ind...

Reducere. My First Words Spanish: Mis primeras palabras en Espa ol - Bilingual children's books Spanish English, Spanish for ToddlersIf you are finding a boo...

This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish c...

Who was Fray ("Friar") Servando Teresa de Mier? What did he do and what did he write? Fray Mier was born in 1763 in Monterrey, Mexico, and died in ...

Reducere. Once upon a time, Columbus was a hero...Sadly, that's not the case today: Some people don't even know who he was, or what he did; while others clai...

Reducere. Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the "Santa Maria" and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for p...

Reducere. The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. They range from low limestone islands barely above sea level t...

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Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Author(s): Alain CroibierIllustration(s): 82 4-COLOR PHOTOS 96 4-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 424Public...

Reducere. A companion book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking bestseller by Charles C. Mann.

Structured around four interlocking themes-mobility, state development, commerce, and frontiers-this beautifully illustrated book brings new dimens...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Robert F. BerkhoferIllustration(s): 8 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 1979Dim...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Sebouh AslanianIllustration(s): 14 b-w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tablesNumbe...

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Reducere. For more than five hundred years, explorers roamed the wilderness of North America, some in search of a route to the East or fabled cities of gold,...

This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses ...

Reducere. A companion book for young readers based on 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, the groundbreaking bestseller by Charles C. Mann...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating life of Christopher Columbus, then keep reading...Christopher Columbus was one of the most courageous of th...

Reducere. The first-ever Samaritan Cookbook takes you on an adventure into this little-known world of Israelite food and drink. We journey to both halves of ...

The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes: Human-Environment Interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman Period - Kevin Walsh

Mistress, Mother, Muse: An Exploration of the Female in Modern and Contemporary Mediterranean Literature fills a vacuum in comparative literary stu...