On Savage Shores
How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First North American edition.
Description: xvi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plates (some color) ; 24 cm
"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.
Contents:
Why words matter -- Introduction -- Slavery -- Go betweens -- Kith and kin -- The stuff of life -- Diplomacy -- Spectacle and curiosity -- Afterword.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- Europe.
Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- America.
Indians -- Transatlantic influences.
Indians, Treatment of -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Discovery and exploration.
America -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- America.
Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- Europe.
Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- America.
Indians -- Transatlantic influences.
Indians, Treatment of -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- Discovery and exploration.
America -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- America.
ISBN:
9781524749262
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Native Am. Dod | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/16/2024) |
HISTORY North Am. US Native Am. Dod | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US Native Am. Dod | St. Andrews Indoors | New, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index.