1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover boards. Item #5366
ISBN: 9780307265722
A First Edition (so stated), signed in person by historian and journalist Charles C. Mann in ink across the title page. Book is clean and tightly bound, without flaws or internal markings. Complete dust jacket (price present) with some scuffing, light signs of shelf wear along the edges and a small, closed tear to the front panel by the gutter. Uncommon signed. A fascinating read.
In an interview with NPR broadcast in 2011, Mann spoke about the worldwide changes following Columbus’ voyage: "It was a tremendous ecological convulsion — the greatest event in the history of life since the death of the dinosaurs...And this underlies a huge amount of history learned in schools: the Industrial Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution, the rise of the West — all of these are tied up in what's been called the 'Columbian exchange.” Mann’s previous publication “1491” received the U.S. National Academy of Science’s Keck Award for the best book of the year.
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