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The American Discovery of Europe
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by Jack D. Forbes
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 272 pages
Published by: University of Illinois PressEdition: 1st Edition March 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0252031520
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0252031526
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Book Description
An independent and indigenous revision of established history
The American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America’s Native peoples to the European continent before Columbus’s 1492 arrival in the “New World.” The product of over twenty years of exhaustive research in libraries throughout Europe and the United States, Jack D. Forbes employs a vast number of primary and secondary sources to paint a clear picture of the diverse and complex societies that comprised the Americas before 1492 and reveals the surprising Native American involvements in maritime trade and exploration.
Starting with an encounter by Columbus himself with mysterious people who had apparently been carried across the Atlantic on favorable currents, Forbes proceeds to a detailed discussion of ocean currents and then to exploring the seagoing expertise of early Americans in the Caribbean, on the coasts of Greenland, and beyond. He also discusses theories of ancient migrations, the evidence for human origins in the Americas, and other early visitors coming from Europe to America, including the Norse. The book closes with a discussion of Native travelers to Europe after 1493, when they came mostly as slaves. The provocative, extensively documented, and heartfelt conclusions of The American Discovery of Europe present an open challenge to received historical wisdom. This book will be of lasting importance to Native people and redefine the way future scholarship views American history.
About The Author
Jack D. Forbes is professor of Native American studies and anthropology emeritus at the University of California, Davis. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, including Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples.
Reader Reviews
"The American discovery Of Europe" by Jack D. Forbes. University of Illinois Press, 2007. I'm sorry. I wanted to like this book based upon the central thesis alone, but. The central thesis is wonderful: due to the prevailing winds and prevailing waves, flotsam from the American continents must have washed up on European shoes long before Christopher Columbus made his voyage of discovery in 1492. As a person of Irish descent, I am happy to see a neglected area of history/geography investigated which would make Ireland more important in the story of mankind. But! Then... It appeared to me that the author quoted person after person SO his first chapter (entitled "Americans Across The Atlantic"), seemed to be filled more with other people's words than the author's original work. (As an example, look at pages thirty & 31.) My historiography professor once corrected me and told that I had to put some original ideas in between all the citations. And then!! The author wants to be more than just a little bit politically correct, and he tells us that he will use three (3) different names for Christopher Columbus: English, Italian and Spanish. I looked at the publisher: University of Illinois Press, so I figured that the book was intended for an English-speaking audience ... and all the three different names did was to interrupt the flow of reading the book. Do you know what a Colon is in human anatomy? This kind of political correctness ain't worth it. In future books, I do hope that the author, Jack D. Forbes, uses Karl der Grosse for Charlemagne and Maria Antonia for Marie Antoinette, or is that kind of political correctness not acceptable? Chapter 4, "Ancient Travelers And Migrations", was interesting, exhibiting the wealth of knowledge the author has on American Indians. But, even here, his prose turned me off. On page 83, he states "The Tuscarora also move north to join the Six Nations". Illogical! The Tuscarora moved north to join the FIVE Nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca), to BECOME the Six Nations. See Wikipedia: "A sixth tribe, the Tuscarora, joined after the original five nations were formed." In my opinion, this is sloppy writing on the part of the writer.. The killer of it all is on the back cover. Professor Hartmut Lutz, Greifswald University, East Germany, is quoted as saying, "...the slaver Christopher Columbus". I would observe that any German professor in a German university should wait for a couple more centuries before he calls any historical figure a slaver, unless, of course, he is addressing Adolf or perhaps Hermann. I am surprised at the lack of sensitivity on the part of the editors of the University of Illinois. I was offended. For a wonderful thesis: five stars. For writing that did not flow: one star. For silly political correctness: zero stars. If you are writing for an English speaking audience, use the common English names. For maps that are TERRIBLE: zero stars. (See pages 26 and 28. By the way, in this period of global warming, I think that the author's audience is terribly familiar with the effects of the Gulf Stream. If the Gulf Stream stops flowing, Ireland freezes.) Four into six is 1.5 stars, so round up to two stars.
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