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Cyrus H. Gordon.
Before Columbus: Links Between the Old World and Ancient America.
Published London: Turnstone Press, 1972 (U.S. edition was 1971).
ISBN 0855000031.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Lowe & Brydone, London & Thetford.
Size: 157x233x23mm.
Page count: 224pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is rather scuffed and ragged, especially on its edges and corners; some mild dinks on the boards and spine; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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Weight without packaging: 639g.

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Discusses evidence of American landfall by Minoans and Jews in ancient & classical times, and also considers references to a large land-mass in classical texts. Emphasis primarily pre-medieval.

Contents: Mesoamericans portrayed by their own sculptors; Testimony of Greek authors; Plumed Serpent; Megaliths & mariners; The Metcalf Stone & ancient writing; Sea people; Evidence of language; Cultural transmission; Popol Vuh & the ancient Near East; Summation; Postscript on Bat Creek.

Illustrations: throughout, monochrome
Maps & plans: 10

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 5pp
Index: yes

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See also | Travel & exploration | Esoteric studies |

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