ISBN: 9780394564388

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. They ranged from the Arctic to Tierra d… More...

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. They ranged from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, spoke as many as two thousand different languages, and lived in groups that varied from small bands of hunter-gatherers to the sophisticated and dazzling empires of the Incas and Aztecs. This brilliantly detailed and documented volume brings together essays by fifteen leading scholars field to present a comprehensive and richly evocative portrait of Native American life on the eve of Columbus's first landfall. Developed at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian and edited by award-winning author Alvin M. Josehpy, Jr., America in 1492 is an invaluable work that combines the insights of historians, anthropologists, and students of art, religion, and folklore. Its dozens of illustrations, drawn from largely from the rare books and manuscripts housed at the Newberry Library, open a window on worlds flourished in the Americas five hundred years ago. Media > Book, [PU: Grove Press]<

1992, ISBN: 0394564383

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780394564388], [SC: 32.34], [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York], Jacket, Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 477pp. Il… More...

[EAN: 9780394564388], [SC: 32.34], [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York], Jacket, Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 477pp. Illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. An outstanding, pristiner than pristine first edition of this thick study, handsomely inscribed and signed by the preeminent historian of Native American issues (1915-2005) in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Elizabeth and Bob Malott / With good wishes, / Sincerely, / Alvin Josephy Jr." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.<

2008, ISBN: 0394564383

, Hardcover Gebundene Ausgabe Akzeptables Exemplar, deutliche Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Papier/Schnitt nachgedunkelt, ist aber noch gut zu gebrauchen; Acceptable copy, … More...

, Hardcover Gebundene Ausgabe Akzeptables Exemplar, deutliche Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Papier/Schnitt nachgedunkelt, ist aber noch gut zu gebrauchen; Acceptable copy, noticeable wear, cover/dust jacket shows wear, edges/text pages show yellowing/darkening, but still of use 210527aw46 ISBN: 9780394564388 4, [PU:Knopf,]<

1992, ISBN: 9780394564388

Hardcover book. 477 pages. Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (1992) Media > Book, [PU: Grove Press]