Product Description Based on the latest scientific findings, this breakthrough book argues that most of what we thought we knew about the Americas before Columbus was wrong. In the last 20 years, archaeologists and anthropologists equipped with new scientific techniques have made far-reaching discoveries about the Americas. For example, Indians did not cross the Bering Strait 1...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced ...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Guest Reviewer: Nathaniel Philbrick on 1493 by Charles C. Mann Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Last Stand; In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award; Sea of Glory, winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize; and Mayflower, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer ...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Guest Reviewer: Nathaniel Philbrick on 1493 by Charles C. Mann Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Last Stand; In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award; Sea of Glory, winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize; and Mayflower, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer ...(展开全部)

In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessel’s mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his era’s obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

With his trademark range and independence of thought, Felipe Fernandez- Armesto sweeps aside the tidy separation between the enlightened first world' United States and Canada, and less privileged Latin America'. He shows us why it is impossible to understand the history of North, Central and South America in isolation. From the emergence of the first human civilisations throu...(展开全部)

After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States―Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL―to illuminate the origins of America’s political fury. Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 after a decade away from the United States, first reporting from the Middle East ...(展开全部)

After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States―Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL―to illuminate the origins of America’s political fury. Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 after a decade away from the United States, first reporting from the Middle East ...(展开全部)

作者简介 布莱恩·吉米德（ Brian Kilmeade ）居住在美国长岛。他是福克斯新闻频道《布莱恩·吉米德秀》 ( Brian Kilmeade Show ) 的主持人，也是《福克斯和朋友们》（ Fox & Friends ) 的联合主持人。 唐·耶格尔（ Don Yaeger ）居住在美国佛罗里达州。他写过 20 余部作品（包括与他人合写）。 除《安德鲁·杰克逊与新奥尔良的奇迹》外，二人也是畅销美国史图书《乔治·华盛顿的秘密六人组》和《托马斯·杰斐逊与海盗》的合著者。 译者简介 蔡晨，男，1994 年 5 月生。毕业于中央民族大学历史文化学院，获历史学硕士学位，研究方向为近现代国际关系史、美国史和军事史。现供职于圆明园管理处宣传科。曾在《北京档案》、《战争事典》等刊物发文数篇。

作者简介 布莱恩·吉米德（ Brian Kilmeade ）居住在美国长岛。他是福克斯新闻频道《布莱恩·吉米德秀》 ( Brian Kilmeade Show ) 的主持人，也是《福克斯和朋友们》（ Fox & Friends ) 的联合主持人。 唐·耶格尔（ Don Yaeger ）居住在美国佛罗里达州。他写过 20 余部作品（包括与他人合写）。 除《安德鲁·杰克逊与新奥尔良的奇迹》外，二人也是畅销美国史图书《乔治·华盛顿的秘密六人组》和《托马斯·杰斐逊与海盗》的合著者。 译者简介 蔡晨，男，1994 年 5 月生。毕业于中央民族大学历史文化学院，获历史学硕士学位，研究方向为近现代国际关系史、美国史和军事史。现供职于圆明园管理处宣传科。曾在《北京档案》、《战争事典》等刊物发文数篇。