The central theory of the book - that European exploration of the world was also the world's exploration of Europe (and the world) - is timely. We remember the white guys but not the people that kept them alive as guides, or even as near co-equals.
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The book also remind us that the Chinese got to Rome long before the Europeans got to China, and that the Arabs and Africans knew about central Africa even though it was a blank on European maps.
I mentioned short - apparently Norton Pubs is now doing 'shorts,' books under 200 pages.
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I mentioned short - apparently Norton Pubs is now doing 'shorts,' books under 200 pages.