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

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 leaves 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 Borzoi 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.
Subject: Indigenous peoples > Travel > America > Europe.
Indians > Transatlantic influences.
Indians, Treatment of > Europe > History.
Europe > Discovery and exploration.
America > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > America.

Available copies

  • 11 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Monroe County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Clymer Library 970 DOD (Text) 32596000540657 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hughes Library 970.00497 DOD (Text) 32378005186152 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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