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1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann spices Walk with a curious childNATIONAL BESTSELLER A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492 from "a remarkably engaging writer" (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the