Before Columbus: Who Discovered America?
- ISBN-10
- 0671424041
- ISBN-13
- 9780671424046
- Series
- Before Columbus
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 95
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Julian Messner
- Author
- Harry Edward Neal
Description
Presents several theories concerning the first discoverers of America and describes pre-Columbian voyages of exploration by the Irish, the Norsemen, the English, and others.
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