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Routledge
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Routledge
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Most of us are fascinated by the conventional storybook account of Christopher Columbus' heroic discovery of America in 1492. Yet, should the credit for discovering America go to a man who insisted it was but a few islands off the shores of China?In Terra Cognita, Eviatar Zerubavel argues that physical encounters are only one part of the complex, multifaceted process of discovery. Such encounters... Read more
Introduction; One: Did Columbus Discover America?; Two: The Mental Discovery of America; Three: The Psychology of Discovering America
Biography
Eviatar Zerubavel
