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Author Dodds Pennock, Caroline, 1978- author.

Title On savage shores : how indigenous Americans discovered Europe / Caroline Dodds Pennock.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
©2023

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction  New Shelf  970.1 DOD    Available
1 copy being processed for GDL Central Library Non-Fiction.
Edition First North American edition.
Description xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index.
Contents Why words matter -- Introduction -- Slavery -- Go betweens -- Kith and kin -- The stuff of life -- Diplomacy -- Spectacle and curiosity -- Afterword.
Summary "A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- Europe.
Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- America.
Indians -- Transatlantic influences.
Indians, Treatment of -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Discovery and exploration.
America -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- America.
Added Title How indigenous Americans discovered Europe
ISBN 9781524749262 hardcover
1524749265 hardcover
9781524749279 electronic book

 
    
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