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Philip D. Curtin,
The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex,
2nd ed. (1998). Traces the long evolution of plantations and slavery in world history.
Peter C. Mancall, ed.,
Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery
(2006). Travelers’ accounts from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Charles C. Mann,
1491
(2005) and
1493
(2011). These two books explore the Americas before Columbus and the global changes unleashed by his voyages.
David Northrup,
Africa’s Discovery of Europe: 1450–1850,
2nd ed. (2008). European-African interactions from an African perspective.
Timothy R. Pauketat,
Cahokia
(2009). An evocative account of North America’s great city and archaeologists’ efforts to unearth it.
“1492: An Ongoing Voyage” (loc.gov/exhibits/1492/intro.html). Offers images and analysis of the native cultures of the Western Hemisphere.