Pennock, Caroline Dodds

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

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ISBN 13:
9781474616928
author:
Pennock, Caroline Dodds
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
language:
English
Publication Year:
2020
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 centimetres (0
Genre:
History, General, ,
Condition:
New
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The discovery of Europe by Indigenous Americans is a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times. For tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others, the reverse was true: they discovered a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. These Indigenous Americans abroad were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalised, yet their worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilisation. Drawing on their surviving literature and poetry, and subtly layering European eyewitness accounts against the grain, Caroline Dodds Pennock gives us a sweeping account of the Indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe. Through a rich tapestry of stories, Pennock sheds light on a previously overlooked chapter in global history, revealing the complex and often fraught relationships between Indigenous Americans and Europeans in the early modern period.

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