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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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1491

By Charles C. Mann ,

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The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
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The Great Explorers

By Samuel Eliot Morison ,

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Captives of Conquest: Slavery in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean
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Captives of Conquest

By Erin Woodruff Stone ,

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The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World
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The Great Departure

By Tara Zahra ,

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Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
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Castaways

By Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca , Enrique Pupo-Walker (editor) , Frances M. Lopez-Morillas (translator)

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A Tramp Abroad
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A Tramp Abroad

By Mark Twain ,

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Jose Marti Reader: Writings on the Americas
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Jose Marti Reader

By Jose Marti ,

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The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People: An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America
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The Melungeons

By N. Brent Kennedy , Robyn Vaughan Kennedy ,

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History in the Making
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History in the Making

By J.H. Elliott ,

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Slave and Citizen: The Classic Comparative Study of Race Relations in the Americas
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Slave and Citizen

By Frank Tannenbaum ,

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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
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Guns, Germs and Steel

By Jared Diamond ,

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Finding Faeries: Discovering Sprites, Pixies, Redcaps, and Other Fantastical Creatures in an Urban Environment
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Finding Faeries

By Alexandra Rowland ,

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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America
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Toward the Setting Sun

By David Boyle ,

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England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620
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England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620

By David B. Quinn , David B. Quinn ,

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Goddess of the Americas: Writings on the Virgin of Guadalupe
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Goddess of the Americas

By Ana Castillo (editor) ,

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Amerzonia: A Savage Journey Through The Americas
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Amerzonia

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Bones, Boats, & Bison: Archeology and the First Colonization of Western North America
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Bones, Boats, & Bison

By E. James Dixon ,

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Where the South Winds Blow: Ancient Evidence for Paleo South Americans
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Where the South Winds Blow

By Laura Miotti (editor) , Monica Salemme (editor) , Nora Flegenheimer (editor)

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The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
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The Sea-Ringed World

By Maria Garcia Esperon , Amanda Mijangos (illustrator) , David Bowles (translator)

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The Art of the Print: Masterpieces, History, Techniques
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The Art of the Print

By Fritz Eichenberg ,

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Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues: Then and Now
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Slave Stealers

By Timothy Ballard ,

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God of Luck
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God of Luck

By Ruthanne Lum McCunn ,

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Dawn Land
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Dawn Land

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A History of American Archaeology
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A History of American Archaeology

By Gordon R. Willey , Jeremy A. Sabloff ,

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William Bartram: Travels & Other Writings
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William Bartram

By William Bartram , Thomas P. Slaughter (editor) ,

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Bárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment
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Bárbaros

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Textual Exposures: Photography in Twentieth Century Latin American Narrative Fiction
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Textual Exposures

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Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas
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Maroon Societies

By Richard Price (editor) ,

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A Dog's History Of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent
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A Dog's History Of America

By Mark Derr ,

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Òsun Across the Waters
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Òsun Across the Waters

By Mei-Mei Sanford (editor) , Joseph M. Murphy (editor) ,

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Columbus
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Columbus

By Felipe Fernández-Armesto ,

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Sinking Columbus
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Sinking Columbus

By John Alexander Williams , Stephen J. Summerhill ,

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