1493 is rich in detail, analytically expansive and impossible to summarize. A bracingly persuasive counternarrative to the prevailing mythology about the historical significance of the 'discovery' of America. Publishers Weekly Top 100 Books of 2011 Mann deftly illuminates contradictions on a human scale: the blind violence and terror at Jamestown, the cruel exploitation of labor in the silver mines of Bolivia, the awe felt by Europeans upon first seeing a rubber ball bounce." "Exemplary in its union of meaningful fact with good storytelling, 1493 ranges across continents and centuries to explain how the world we inhabit came to be." Like 1491, Mann's sequel will change worldviews." "Even the wisest readers will find many surprises here. A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is."
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