Before Columbus By Charles Mann Summary

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1491: New revelation of the Americas before Columbus, the non-fiction book argues about the popular image of the Americas before the arrival of columbus, which Charles goes on explaining that is inaccurate, basing his explanation into science such as demographic, climate, vegetation and intelligence. Charles Mann presents a more distinct picture of the life of the pre-Columbian Americas being more advanced, hustled civilization.
Mann’s introduction starts with him explaining his airplane ride he took which flew from central Bolivia to east towards the Brazilian border and he writes about the landscape that he and his fellows riders “viewed from above.” (3-5). After the end of the ride and taking a look over the areas he goes on and debunks

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