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Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World

By Brian Fagan

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2007
ISBN
0465022855, 9780465022854
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3518680 bytes)
Pages
368\0
Library
AvaxHome
Time added
2013-02-19 01:02:41

Description

What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? Fish on Friday tells the story of the discovery of America as a product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus. A fascinating and multifaceted book, Fish on Friday will intrigue everyone who wonders how the vast forces of climate, culture, and technology conspire to create the history we know.

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