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

How indigenous Americans discovered Europe (portion title)

Dodds Pennock, Caroline, 1978- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781524749262
ISBN: 1524749265
Physical Description: xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzio book"--title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why words matter -- Introduction -- Slavery -- Go betweens -- Kith and kin -- The stuff of life -- Diplomacy -- Spectacle and curiosity -- Afterword.