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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created - Charles C. Mann
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B004G606EY
Publisher: Knopf .
Pages no: 434
Edition language: English
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
5.0 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Another read that fell into the dark times between GoodReads and BookLikes. Mann is brilliant at synthesizing the work of many different people, and presenting it in a zippy narrative. I learned a whole lot about the Columbian exchange, and how a global economy created the world we now know. Plus,...
JasonKoivu
JasonKoivu rated it
4.0 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493 is all over the place...and that's a good thing. Charles C. Mann's follow up to his spectacular 1491 look at the pre-Columbian Americas is quite an admirable undertaking. Here he looks at the consequences of Columbus's voyages to the Americas. For better and/or for worse they had far reaching a...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it
5.0
Maybe not quite as good as 1491? But probably just because I was more interested in the subject matter there. Once again, Mann has written a kickass book. I really dig this guy.
Datepalm
Datepalm rated it
A cornucopia of interesting information, from the Samurai in 1600's Mexico to the history of the potatoe in Europe to current rubber farming in Laos. However, the books feels a bit like a huge journalistic article that weaves together all these colorful threads into something thats still shy of a co...
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