Tag: Columbian

Pre-Columbian Jamaica


Free Download Phillip Allsworth-Jones, "Pre-Columbian Jamaica"
English | 2008 | pages: 337 | ISBN: 0817354662, 0817315969 | PDF | 2,7 mb
Much of Jamaican prehistoric research-like that in the rest of the Caribbean basin-has been guided by at least a subconscious attempt to allow prehistoric native peoples to find their places within the charts established by Irving Rouse, who guided Caribbean research for much of the last half-century. The pre-Columbian peoples of Jamaica, and not merely their material culture, are beginning to take form, revealing their lifestyles and rituals, and taking their rightful place among the cultures of the New World.

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The Columbian Exchange [Audiobook]


Free Download Captivating History, Colin Fluxman (Narrator), "The Columbian Exchange: A Captivating Guide to the Transatlantic Transfer of People, Plants, Animals, Ideas, Resources, and More Between the Americas and Europe"
English | ISBN: 9798868606731 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~03:34:00 | 105 MB
How two worlds became one.
In this audiobook, you will understand how Christopher Columbus proposed something new: reaching the riches of the East Indies by sailing west from Europe. The rulers of Spain agreed to support his risky venture, and he sailed off in 1492. He unexpectedly ran into two continents nobody in Europe knew about. He didn’t discover the continents; that had been done centuries before.

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