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Before Columbus
Early Voyages to the Americas
By Wulffson, Don L.
- ISBN
- 978-0-82255-978-8
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
Gr 5-9 This engaging presentation of early exploration of the Americas offers both fact and speculation on who, when, and why voyagers came; how they traveled; and what evidence they left behind. Did Phoenicians flee their Greek conquerors in 146 BCE and land in New Hampshire, building America's mysterious "Stonehenge" and etching Phoenician letters into rocks? Are the ancient Irish beehive-shaped homes, scattered as ruins throughout New England, clues to the presence of persecuted Irish monks living among Native Americans more than 1000 years ago? Did the complexion and Welsh vocabu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
This book's premise is that long before Columbus, other seamen explored the Americas. In his introduction Wulffson cites archaeological research stating P...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
