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The New World - by Captivating History (Hardcover)

The New World - by  Captivating History (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Four captivating manuscripts in one book</strong></p><ul><li>The Americas</li><li>Age of Discovery</li><li>Christopher Columbus</li><li>The Transatlantic Slave Trade</li></ul><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>If you want to discover the captivating history of the New World, then keep reading...</strong></p><p>Four captivating manuscripts in one book: </strong></p><ul><li>The Americas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Continents of North and South America, Starting from the Olmecs through the Maya and Aztecs to European Colonization and Independence Movements</li><li>Age of Discovery: A Captivating Guide to an Era of Exploration in European History, Including Discoveries Such as Christopher Columbus' Voyages to the Americas and Vasco da Gama's Sea Route to India</li><li>Christopher Columbus: A Captivating Guide to the Life of an Italian Explorer and His Voyages to the Americas</li><li>The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Captivating Guide to the Atlantic Slave Trade and Stories of the Slaves That Were Brought to the Americas</li></ul><p>Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include: </strong></p><ul><li>The Olmecs: The Rubber People (1500-400 BCE)</li><li>The Maya: The K'iche' People (3000 BCE-1511 CE)</li><li>The Aztecs (1250-1521 CE)</li><li>The Andean Civilizations and the Incas</li><li>South America: Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela from Pre-Columbian Times through Colonization</li><li>South America: Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay from Pre-Columbian Times through Colonization</li><li>South American Wars of Independence</li><li>The Natives in North America (13,000 BCE-1492 CE)</li><li>Iceland and Greenland</li><li>The European Colonization of North America, 1492-1733</li><li>North American Conflicts, Including America's War for Independence, 1754-1783</li><li>North America: Mexico and Canada, 1821-1982</li><li>Cuba and the West Indies</li><li>And much, much more!</li></ul><p>Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include: </strong></p><ul><li>Prince Henry the Navigator</li><li>Bartolomeu Dias</li><li>Vasco da Gama</li><li>Albuquerque</li><li>Christopher Columbus</li><li>The Latter Voyages of Christopher Columbus</li><li>Amerigo Vespucci</li><li>Ponce de León</li><li>Diogo Lopes de Sequeira</li><li>Hernán Cortés</li><li>Ferdinand Magellan</li><li>John Cabot</li><li>The Younger Columbus</li><li>The Laws of Burgos</li><li>Jacques Cartier</li><li>Francisco Vázquez de Coronado</li><li>Francis Drake</li><li>Walter Raleigh and the Two Failed Colonies</li><li>The East India Trading Company</li><li>The Jamestown Colony</li><li>The Pilgrims of the Mayflower</li><li>The Dutch East India Company</li><li>Navigation and Mapping</li><li>Food, Agriculture, and Livestock</li><li>Disease, Slavery, and Religion</li><li>And much, much more!</li></ul><p>Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include: </strong></p><ul><li>Into the Blue Unknown</li><li>Dead Reckoning Forward</li><li>Initial Exploration</li><li>Second Voyage</li><li>Third Voyage: Chaos Reigns</li><li>The Last Voyage</li><li>And much, much more!</li></ul><p>Some of the topics covered in part 4 of this book include: </strong></p><ul><li>Why and how the slave trade began</li><li>Where most of the enslaved people came from and where most of them were shipped to</li><li>The European nations that participated in the slave trade</li><li>How the slave trade network grew and evolved through time</li><li>The role African nations played in trafficking their own neighbors</li><li>How the enslaved were treated and the suffering they went through</li><li>Who started the abolition of the slave trade and why</li><li>And more</li></ul><p>Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the history of the New World, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!</strong></p>

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