Publication

1993 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing449890
  • Goodreads4927743

Classifications

  • DDC973
  • LCCE162 .G85 1993

First Sentence

When Columbus dropped anchor at the island he called San Salvador, he initiated the process by which a series of very different-and very old-worlds and a rich variety of places, cultures, and peoples were slowly revealed to an astonished Europe.

Excerpt

When Columbus dropped anchor at the island he called San Salvador, he initiated the process by which a series of very different-and very old-worlds and a rich variety of places, cultures, and peoples were slowly revealed to an astonished Europe.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The intellectual construction of America: exceptionalism and identity from 1492 to 1800University of North Carolina Press1993-01-01

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