The Emperor's Giraffe: And Other Stories of Cultures in Contact

by Samuel M. Wilson

Book Overview

An outbreak of a disease known as the "black vomit" prevents the English from strengthening their hold in "The New World" in the eighteenth century, with huge repercussions; the untimely death of an emperor prevents Chinese and Portuguese explorers from meeting along the coast of West Africa in the fifteenth century; the most significant factor in the Spanish exploration of North America turns out not to be Spain's mighty armies or her unrivaled fleet,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813337860
• ISBN13: 9780813337869
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable Historical Essays

This is a wonderful, well written collection of essays on historical cultural contacts. I particularly enjoyed Wilson's essays on Native American retribution ... Wilson offers a balanced discourse on the tension between archaeologists and Native Americans. Highly recommended!