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After Columbus : the Smithsonian chronicle of the North American Indians

by Herman Viola

This study explores the reintroduction of the horse to North America by Columbus after an 8,500-year absence, examining how the animal permanently transformed the lives and cultures of the continent's inhabitants.

Accession 743 ISBN — Publisher Smithsonian Institution
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