Title:
On savage shores : how indigenous Americans discovered Europe
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Physical Description:
xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781524749262
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Why words matter -- Introduction -- Slavery -- Go-betweens -- Kith and kin -- The stuff of life -- Diplomacy -- Spectacle and curiosity -- Afterword.
Language:
English
