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The one-character trait that sometimes surpasses the human instinct for survival is curiosity. When humans discovered an entire hemisphere that lay beyond their own Eastern Hemisphere, the race was on.
What opportunities would these new lands hold? Surely, a small country in Europe could wield the power of an empire if it could claim these new lands in the Americas. After all, there was new fertile land in these Americas, the lure of wealth, the entertainment of exciting wildlife, productive vegetation, and the marvelous treasures that shone and glittered. The cry for gold overcame all the people's mortal fears. It echoed in 1528 in the search for the ethereal El Dorado, in 1632 in Venezuela, and in the frigid Yukon in 1896.
The countries came and claimed and clashed as they tried to mix and meld. Instead, they found themselves caught in the dialectic of opposing sides, caught in a game of tug-of-war over acres of plains and pampas, sand and stones, mountains and mesas.
In The Americas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Continents of North and South America, Starting from the Olmecs through the Maya and Aztecs to European Colonization and the Independence Movements, you will discover topics such as
The Olmecs: The Rubber People (1500-400 BCE)The Maya: The K'iche' People (3000 BCE-1511 CE)The Aztecs (1250-1521 CE)The Andean Civilizations and the IncasSouth America: Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela from Pre-Columbian Times through ColonizationSouth America: Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay from Pre-Columbian Times through ColonizationSouth American Wars of IndependenceThe Natives in North America (13,000 BCE-1492 CE)Iceland and GreenlandThe European Colonization of North America, 1492-1733North American Conflicts, Including America's War for Independence, 1754-1783North America: Mexico and Canada, 1821-1982Cuba and the West IndiesAnd much, much more!