audiobook Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Patricia Turner; Charles Russell Coulter in History

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From Columbus's voyage in 1492 to the publication of the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano; a former slave; in 1789; Jill Lepore; winner of the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history; brings to life in exciting; first-person detail some of the earliest events in American history in Encounters in the New World. Providing fascinating commentary along the way; Lepore seamlessly links together primary sources that illustrate the powerful clash of cultures in the Americas. Through emotional eyewitness accounts -- memoirs; petitions; diaries; captivity narratives; private correspondence -- formal documents; official reports; and journalistic reportage; dramatic stories of the New World are revealed; including:* A Jesuit priest's chronicle of life among his Iroquois captors* Aztec records of forbidding omens* John Smith's account of cannibalism among the British residents of Jamestown* Memoirs by members of Cortes's expedition* Reminiscences of an escaped slave A special 16-page color cartographic section; including maps from both Europe and North America; provides a fascinating look at how the maps' creators saw themselves and the world around them.