Who Discovered America?

Who Discovered America?
Author: Gavin Menzies
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062236776

Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic historian’s magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known “discoveries” of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. In Who Discovered America? he combines meticulous research and an adventurer’s spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient Asian seagoing tradition—most notably the Chinese—that dates as far back as 130,000 years ago. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the “Beringia” theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.

Who Really Discovered America

Who Really Discovered America
Author: Avery Hart
Publisher: WorthyKids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-01-30
Genre: America
ISBN: 9781885593467

A lively guide that teaches how to investigate history while it explores and explains various theories about the discovery of America. For grades 5-7.

Who Really Discovered America?

Who Really Discovered America?
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1987
Genre: America
ISBN: 9780590408547

Examines the races, tribes, wanderers, and explorers who may have found America before Columbus, including the prehistoric nomads who crossed the land bridge from Asia and possible Polynesian, Phoenician, and European visitors by sea.

Who was First?

Who was First?
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618663910

Discusses the possibility that America was discovered by someone other than Columbus.

Who Really Discovered America?

Who Really Discovered America?
Author: Kristine Carlson Asselin
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429633425

"Follows the stories of ancient nomads, Leif Eriksson, and Christopher Columbus as they make their way to a new land we now call America"--Provided by publisher.

Across Atlantic Ice

Across Atlantic Ice
Author: Dennis J. Stanford
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520275780

"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.

1493

1493
Author: Charles C. Mann
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307265722

More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas.

1421: The Year China Discovered The World

1421: The Year China Discovered The World
Author: Gavin Menzies
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2003-11-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0553815229

In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries.

The Lost Colonies of Ancient America

The Lost Colonies of Ancient America
Author: Frank Joseph
Publisher: New Page Books
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781601632784

"The question is no longer 'Who discovered America?' Thanks to Frank Joseph, the question is now, 'Who didn't discover America?'" --David Goudsward, author, Ancient Stone Sites of New England and the Debate Over Early European Exploration "Here is the history of ancient America you were never taught at school. Frank Joseph, drawing on decades of meticulous research and exploration, has uncovered the evidence that rewrites the history books. A vital addition to the library of anyone seeking knowledge of America's forgotten past." --David Jones, editor, New Dawn Magazine The Original Visitors to the New World Revealed Was America truly unknown to the outside world until Christopher Columbus "discovered" it in 1492? Could a people gifted enough to raise the Great Pyramid more than 4,000 years ago have lacked the skills necessary to build a ship capable of crossing the Atlantic? Did the Phoenicians, who circumnavigated the African continent in 600 bc, never consider sailing farther? Were the Vikings, the most fearless warriors and seafarers of all time, terrified at the prospect of a transoceanic voyage? If so, how are we to account for an Egyptian temple accidentally unearthed by Tennessee Valley Authority workers in 1935? What is a beautifully crafted metal plate with the image of a Phoenician woman doing in the Utah desert? And who can explain the discovery of Viking houses and wharves excavated outside of Boston? These enigmas are but a tiny fraction of the abundant physical proof for Old World visitors to our continent hundreds and thousands of years ago. In addition, Sumerians, Minoans, Romans, Celts, ancient Hebrews, Indonesians, Africans, Chinese, Japanese, Welsh, Irish, and the Knights Templar all made their indelible, if neglected, mark on our land.

Did Christopher Columbus Really Discover America?

Did Christopher Columbus Really Discover America?
Author: Emma Carlson Berne
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: America
ISBN: 9781454912590

Why did Columbus want to reach the New World--and was he the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean? What was life like on one of his ships? What did America look like before Columbus arrived? How did Columbus treat the native people? The engaging story of Columbus's voyage and the effect his arrival had on the native people will fascinate kids.