Island of Seven Cities Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America

Name: Island of Seven Cities Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America
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ISBN: 9780312362058

ISBN-10: 0312362056

ISBN-13: 9780312362058

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Authors: Paul Chiasson

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In 2003, Paul Chiasson climbed a mountain he never explored on the island where he grew up. Cape Breton, one of the oldest points of exploration in the Americas, is littered with remnants of old settlements. The road he found that day was unique. Consistently wide and formerly bordered with stone walls, the road had been a major undertaking. For the next two years, he surveyed the history of Europeans in North America, and came to a stunning conclusion: The ruins he came upon did not belong to the Portuguese, French, or English and pre-dated John Cabot's "discovery" of the island in 1497. With aerial and site photographs, maps, drawings and his expertise in the history of architecture,…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

PAUL CHIASSON, a Yale-educated architect with a specialty in the history and theory of religious architechture has taught at Yale, the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto.