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  • The North Americans of Antiquity: Their Origin, Migrations, and Type of Civilization Considered

    by John Thomas Short ...
    ON that eventful morning nearly four centuries ago, when the spell of uncertainty and mystery which enshrouded the Atlantic was broken, and the darkness of the deep vanished with the darkness of the night, the illustrious admiral discovered a world populated with beings like himself. They were male and female, with all the physical characteristics common to the rest of mankind, and differed from ... Read more

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  • Views of Nature

    by Alexander von Humboldt ...
    Translated by Mark W. Person ...
    The German naturalist and explorer chronicles his 1799 expedition to Central and South America in this classic work of natural history.While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Humboldt's 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland not ... Read more

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  • A Cold Welcome

    The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America

    by Sam White ...
    Cundill History Prize FinalistLongman–History Today Prize Finalist“Meticulous environmental-historical detective work.”—Times Literary SupplementWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia. The effects of this climactic upheaval were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts ... Read more

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  • The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel

    by Ralph L. Roys ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Personal Narrative of Travels to The Equinoctial Regions of America, During The Year 1799-1804 (Complete)

    by Alexander von Humboldt ...
    The increasing interest attached to all that part of The American Continent situated within and near The tropics, has suggested The publication of The present edition of Humboldt's celebrated work, as a portion of The SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY. Prior to The travels of Humboldt and Bonpland, The countries described in The following narrative were but imperfectly known to Europeans. For our partial ... Read more

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  • The Mayas

    by Stephen Salisbury ...
    The most comprehensive and accurate map of Yucatan is that which has been copied for this pamphlet. In the several volumes of travel, descriptive of Maya ruins, are to be found plans more or less complete, intended to illustrate special journeys, but they are only partial in their treatment of this interesting country. The Plano de Yucatan, herewith presented—the work of Sr. Dn. Santiago Nigra de ... Read more

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  • The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies

    by Sir Daniel Wilson ...
    The story of the Lost Atlantis is recorded in the Timæus and, with many fanciful amplifications, in the Critias of Plato. According to the dialogues, as reproduced there, Critias repeats to Socrates a story told him by his grandfather, then an old man of ninety, when he himself was not more than ten years of age. According to this narrative, Solon visited the city of Sais, at the head of the ... Read more

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  • Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia

    Enriched edition. A Compilation of Data About the State's Natural Resources, Economy and the Nature of the Good Society

    by Thomas Jefferson, Jenna Saunders ...
    Thomas Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia' is a seminal work of American literature that provides a detailed analysis of his home state's geography, flora, fauna, and inhabitants. Written in a clear and thoughtful prose style, the book also delves into Jefferson's reflections on political philosophy, including his views on slavery and race. Published in 1785, the book reflects the ... Read more

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  • Views of Nature – Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation with Scientific Illustrations

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Sublime Wonders of Nature

    by Alexander von Humboldt, Clayton Kimball ...
    Translated by E. C. Otté, Henry G. Bohn ...
    In "Views of Nature 'Äì Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation with Scientific Illustrations," Alexander von Humboldt embarks on a profound exploration of the interconnectedness of nature and the sublime experience it ignites within the human spirit. This work blends poetic prose with scientific rigor, illuminating the intricate relationships among geological, botanical, and ... Read more

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  • Africans and Native Americans

    The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

    by Jack D. Forbes ...
    Jack D. Forbes's monumental Africans and Native Americans has become a canonical text in the study of relations between the two groups. Forbes explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color classification systems and the specific evolution of key terms such as black, mulatto, and mestizo--terms ... Read more

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  • Notes on the State of Virginia

    by Thomas Jefferson ...
    "Notes on the State of Virginia" was the only full-length book by Thomas Jefferson published during his lifetime. Having been first published anonymously in a private printing in Paris in 1784, "Notes on the State of Virginia" was later made available to the general public in a 1787 printing in England. Considered one of the most important American books published before the turn of the 19th ... Read more

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  • The Native Races (Vol. 1-5)

    Complete Edition

    by Hubert Howe Bancroft ...
    The Native Races of the Pacific States is the magnum opus American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft who took upon himself the task of researching the exotic civilizations of the entire Pacific coast region. This region, from Alaska to Darien, including the whole of Mexico and Central America, he named the Pacific States. Before the arrival of Europeans, these territories were ... Read more

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