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London: John Murray, 1992. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ward, George (maps). The invasion and conquest of the Americas by Western Europeans, told for the first time from the point of view of the native tribes and civilizations. When Columbus first set foot in the 'New World' there were about a hundred-million 'Americans' - a fifth of the human race - whose ancestors had already discovered it. Great civilizations had grown up; some were democracies, others aggressive empires with cities as large as any then on Earth. Most would fall victim to Western disease, Christian fanaticism and sheer barbarity. Sophisticated worlds were sacked, great art destroyed and wealth stolen. Here, the author quotes the actual speech and writing of five peoples - the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois - through five centuries, reliving their strange, tragic experience and seeing ourselves, the European invaders, through their shrewd eyes. Not since 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' has there been such a powerful and moving…
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Stolen Continents: The Indian Story
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