1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann is a 465-page hardcover published in 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf. There is some light underlining throughout and some dogeared pages but is otherwise in good condition.
Book Summary
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
In a book that startles and persuades, Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard of conclusions. Among them:
- In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than Europe.
- Certain cities–such as Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital–were far greater in population than any contemporary European city. Furthermore, Tenochtitlan, unlike any capital in Europe at the time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets.
- The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before Egyptians built the great pyramids.
- Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively “landscaped” by human beings.
Mann sheds clarifying light on the methods used to arrive at these new visions of pre-Columbian Americas and how they affected our understanding of our history and our thinking about the environment.
ISBN: 1-4000-4006-X
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