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Item specifics
- Condition
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780312361860
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312361866
ISBN-13
9780312361860
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52635506
Product Key Features
Book Title
Island of Seven Cities : the Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement in North America
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Canada / Pre-Confederation (To 1867), Canada / Atlantic Provinces (NB, Nl, ns, Pe)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-043921
Reviews
"Paul Chiasson's The Island of Seven Cities is riveting, beautifully written, powerful and compelling." Gavin Menzies, author of1421: The YearChinaDiscoveredAmerica "If [Paul Chiasson's theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down." ---National Post(Canada), "If [Paul Chiasson's theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down." ---National Post (Canada), "Paul Chiasson's The Island of Seven Cities is riveting, beautifully written, powerful and compelling." - Gavin Menzies, author of "1421: The Year ""China"" Discovered ""America" " If [Paul Chiasson' s theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down." ---"National Post" (Canada), "Paul Chiasson's The Island of Seven Cities is riveting, beautifully written, powerful and compelling." Â-Gavin Menzies, author of1421: The YearChinaDiscoveredAmerica Â"If [Paul Chiasson's theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down.Â" ---National Post(Canada), "Paul Chiasson's The Island of Seven Cities is riveting, beautifully written, powerful and compelling." -Gavin Menzies, author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America "If [Paul Chiasson's theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down." --- National Post (Canada), "Paul Chiasson's The Island of Seven Cities is riveting, beautifully written, powerful and compelling." Gavin Menzies, author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America "If [Paul Chiasson's theory] is true, the find would rank among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, [and] turn much of modern history upside down." ---National Post (Canada)
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Synopsis
The Island of Seven Cities unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus. In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided to climb a mountain he had never explored on Cape Breton Island, where eight generations of his Acadian family had lived. One of the oldest points of exploration and settlement in the Americas, with a written history dating back to the first days of European discovery, Cape Breton is littered with remnants of old settlements. But that day Chiasson found a road that was unique. Well made and consistently wide, and at one time clearly bordered with stone walls, the road had been a major undertaking. But he could find no record of it. In the two years of detective work that followed, Chiasson systematically surveyed the history of Europeans in North America and came to a stunning conclusion: the ruins he had stumbled upon - an entire townsite on a mountaintop---did not belong to the Portuguese, the French, the English, or the Scots. And they predated John Cabot's 1497 "discovery" of the island. Using aerial and site photographs, maps and drawings, and his own expertise as an architect, Chiasson re-creates how he pieced together the clues to one of the world's great mysteries: a large Chinese colony existed and thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. He addresses how the ruins had been previously overlooked or misunderstood, and how the colony was abandoned and forgotten, in China and in the New World. And he discovers the traces the colony left in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs, and legends, he argues, expose deep cultural ties to China. A gripping account of an earth-shaking discovery, The Island of Seven Cities will change the way we think about our world., "The Island of Seven Cities" unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus. In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided to climb a mountain he had never explored on Cape Breton Island, where eight generations of his Acadian family had lived. One of the oldest points of exploration and settlement in the Americas, with a written history dating back to the first days of European discovery, Cape Breton is littered with remnants of old settlements. But that day Chiasson found a road that was unique. Well made and consistently wide, and at one time clearly bordered with stone walls, the road had been a major undertaking. But he could find no record of it. In the two years of detective work that followed, Chiasson systematically surveyed the history of Europeans in North America and came to a stunning conclusion: the ruins he had stumbled upon - an entire townsite on a mountaintop---did not belong to the Portuguese, the French, the English, or the Scots. And they predated John Cabot's 1497 "discovery" of the island. Using aerial and site photographs, maps and drawings, and his own expertise as an architect, Chiasson re-creates how he pieced together the clues to one of the world's great mysteries: a large Chinese colony existed and thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. He addresses how the ruins had been previously overlooked or misunderstood, and how the colony was abandoned and forgotten, in China and in the New World. And he discovers the traces thecolony left in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs, and legends, he argues, expose deep cultural ties to China. A gripping account of an earth-shaking discovery, "The Island of Seven Cities" will change the way we think about our world., Using maps, charts, aerial photos, and his own architectural expertise, Chiasson sweeps the reader along as he pieces together the clues and finds that a large Chinese colony thrived in North America long before the European Age of Discovery. 57 images & 4 maps.
LC Classification Number
F1039.C2C45 2006
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