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Myths and Legends of the North American Indians
Myths and Legends of the North American Indians Author:Lewis Spence Almost immediately upon the discovery of the New World its inhabitants became a source of the greatest interest to al ranks and classes among the people of Europe. That this should have been so is not a little surprising when we remember the ignorance which prevailed regarding the discovery of the new hemisphere, and that in the popular imaginat... more »ion the people of the new-found lands were considered to be inhabitants of those eastern countries which European navigation had striven so long and so fruitlessly to reach.
The very name 'Indian' bestowed upon the men from the islands of the far western ocean proves the ill-founded nature and falsity of the new conditions which through the discoveries of Columbus were imposed upon the science of geography.
Reset with fresh illustrations together with an extensive index and glossary.
Introduction by Paul M. Allen.
(Collector's Library of Myth & Legend)
Originally Limited to one thousand numbered copies
Originally published: London : Harrap, 1914.« less