{"product_id":"9780195154917","title":"Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents","description":"A collection of primary sources documenting the early clash of cultures in the Americas, Encounters in the New World spans the years from Columbus's voyage in 1492 to the publication of the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, in 1789. Emotional eyewitness accounts-memoirs, private correspondence-as well as formal documents, official reports, and journalistic reportage give body and texture to the historical events described. A special 16-page cartographic section, including maps from Europe and North America, is fascinating not only for the maps' telltale imperfections, but also because they convey information about how their creators saw themselves and the world around them. A Jesuit priest's chronicle of life among his Iroquois captors, Aztec records of forbidding omens, excerpts from Columbus's ship's log, John Smith's account of cannibalism among the British residents of Jamestown, slave auction advertisements, memoirs by several members of Cortes's expedition, the reminiscences of an escaped slave-these are just a few examples of the wealth of primary sources collected here.\u003cp\u003e Jill Lepore, winner of the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history in 1999, provides informed commentary linking the documents into a fascinating and seamless narrative.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022708130032,"sku":"9780195154917","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195154917_p0.jpg?v=1763664710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195154917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}