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Book 1492  discovery  Invasion  Encounter

Download or read book 1492 discovery Invasion Encounter written by Marvin Lunenfeld and published by D. C. Heath and Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both European and Native American viewpoints appear throughout this volume. An introductory essay, "The World in 1492," places the subject in a global context; "Discovery" deals with the background to Columbus's epic first voyage and narrates the journey itself; "Invasion" examines the immediate consequences of Columbus's voyage for the invaders and the invaded; and "Encounter" considers the idea of Old and New Worlds and the reaction of each hemisphere's peoples to each other.

Book Not Just Another Reader

Download or read book Not Just Another Reader written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features a review by Thomas C. Tirado of the book "1492: Discovery, Invasion, Encounter; Sources and Interpretations," written by Marvin Lunenfeld. The review is provided online as part of the Computerized Information Retrieval System (CIRS) on Columbus and the Age of Discovery by Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Book Beyond 1492

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Axtell
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1992-09-17
  • ISBN : 0190281979
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Beyond 1492 written by James Axtell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-09-17 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the most important ethnohistorians writing today, James Axtell, explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful. Other essays describe native encounters with colonial traders--creating "the first consumer revolution"--and Jesuit missionaries in Canada and Mexico. Despite the tragedy of many of the encounters, Axtell also finds that there was much humor in Indian-European negotiations over peace, sex, and war. In the final section he conducts searching analyses of how college textbooks treat the initial century of American history, how America's human face changed from all brown in 1492 to predominantly white and black by 1792, and how we handled moral questions during the Quincentenary. He concludes with an extensive review of the Quincentenary scholarship--books, films, TV, and museum exhibits--and suggestions for how we can assimilate what we have learned.

Book Discovery of the Americas  1492 1800

Download or read book Discovery of the Americas 1492 1800 written by Facts On File, Incorporated and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492, Christopher Columbus led an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find the passage to the west to the riches of India.

Book Discovery of the Americas  1492 1800

Download or read book Discovery of the Americas 1492 1800 written by Tom Smith and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting topics Include: Books and printing in the age of Columbus; The Inca Empire; The horse in North America; The legend of El Dorado; The Nootka Convention; The Pueblo Revolt; The role of California missions.

Book Columbus and the Americas  1492 1992

Download or read book Columbus and the Americas 1492 1992 written by Susan Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America

Download or read book Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encounters Unforeseen

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  • Author : Andrew Rowen
  • Publisher : Andrew S. Rowen
  • Release : 2018-04-19
  • ISBN : 9780999196120
  • Pages : 570 pages

Download or read book Encounters Unforeseen written by Andrew Rowen and published by Andrew S. Rowen. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold dramatizes the history of Columbus's epic voyage and first encounters with Native Americans from a bicultural perspective, based closely on primary sources and anthropological studies. It presents the life stories of three historic Taíno chieftains and a Taíno youth side by side with those of Columbus and Spain's Queen Isabella and then depicts their fateful encounters. Written at the voyage's 525th anniversary, it ventures beyond traditional Eurocentric accounts of 1492--whether pro- or anti-Columbus--to offer a fresh, gripping, and personal portrayal where the Taíno protagonists are neither merely victims nor statistics, but personalities and actors comparable to the Europeans.

Book Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez

Download or read book Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rethinking Columbus

Download or read book Rethinking Columbus written by Bill Bigelow and published by Rethinking Schools. This book was released on 1998 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides resources for teaching elementary and secondary school students about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.

Book 1492  What Is It Like to Be Discovered

Download or read book 1492 What Is It Like to Be Discovered written by Deborah Small and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Diario of Christopher Columbus s First Voyage to America  1492 1493

Download or read book The Diario of Christopher Columbus s First Voyage to America 1492 1493 written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Quincentennial Celebration of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America approaches, interest in the voyage, and in the questions surrounding it, continues to grow. This definitive edition of Columbus’s account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus’s original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage–part quotation, part summary of the complete copy–is a transcription made by Bartolomé de las Casas in the 1530s. This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents–including notes, insertions, and canceled text–more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors’ transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario. Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus’s voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus’s navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery–or in a very good sea story.

Book First Encounters

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  • Author : Howard B. Leavitt
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2010-06-11
  • ISBN : 0313351325
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book First Encounters written by Howard B. Leavitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection comprising a wide variety of accounts of native peoples describing their initial encounters with European explorers, conquerors, and settlers. This extraordinary volume gathers together an astonishing array of voices of those so often overlooked by history. First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans reaches back to add important overlooked viewpoints to our understanding of history, gathering together accounts describing the initial experiences of indigenous peoples around the world with European explorers, missionaries, traders, soldiers, and settlers. It is the first such volume with a truly global perspective. First Encounters brings together 42 authentic, first-person accounts, organized geographically in sections on Africa, North America, South America, greater Australia, and Asia. Selections, each with editor's notes, provide vivid, detailed accounts of the culture clashes that defined an era. From the Opium Wars to the Indian Wars, from the Aztecs who thought the white intruders were gods to the Japanese who thought them barbarians, readers will encounter a stunning array of voices from the other side of history.

Book Turning Points   Actual and Alternate Histories

Download or read book Turning Points Actual and Alternate Histories written by Rodney P. Carlisle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a thought-provoking look at the original 13 colonies, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternate history—what if key events had turned out differently?—to help develop critical thinking skills. This entry in ABC-CLIO's exciting series Turning Points—Actual and Alternate Histories covers the development of the original 13 states, from first European contact up to the Revolutionary War. Using the fascinating tool of alternate history—postulating the course of events, had one key fact been different—the book engages students' imaginations and critical thinking skills. This critical period in American history is particularly suited to the alternative history approach: The population of the colonies was small, so the import of individual actions, or of singular events, was proportionately large. If the English had lost one battle to the Swedes, the United States might have been a Swedish colony. If James, Duke of York, had died of the plague in 1654, the U.S. and French revolutions might not have happened.

Book Close Encounters of Empire

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  • Author : Gilbert Michael Joseph
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780822320999
  • Pages : 604 pages

Download or read book Close Encounters of Empire written by Gilbert Michael Joseph and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays that suggest new ways of understanding the role that US actors and agencies have played in Latin America." - publisher.

Book 1492

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  • Author : Mary Johnston
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2019-11-20
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book 1492 written by Mary Johnston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '1492' is an enthralling novel set during the time of Christopher Columbus, revealing the tale of a Jew named Jayme de Marchena who is struggling to evade the grip of the Spanish Inquisition. In an attempt to escape from Spain, he eventually ends up as a part of Columbus' crew, working as a medical doctor on the ship. The novel highlights the greed and harshness of the Spanish towards the Native Americans and each other, and it does not shy away from acknowledging the ill-treatment of the Native Americans.

Book Reforming Empire

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  • Author : Christopher Hodgkins
  • Publisher : University of Missouri Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 0826262945
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Reforming Empire written by Christopher Hodgkins and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare, Daniel, Herbert, Swift, Johnson, Burke, Blake, Austen, Browning, Tennyson, Conrad, Forster, and finally the anti-Protestant Waugh. Written in a lively and accessible style, Reforming Empire will be of interest to all scholars and students of English literature."--Jacket