TY - BOOK AU - Van Sertima,Ivan TI - They came before Columbus: the African presence in ancient America SN - 0812968174 AV - E109.A35 V36 2003 U1 - 970.01/9 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Random House Trade Paperbacks KW - Africans KW - America KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Indians KW - African influences KW - Black people KW - Discovery and exploration KW - African KW - Antiquities N1 - Originally published: c1976; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction--Author's note--The secret route from Guinea--The visible witnesses--The mariner prince of Mali--Africans across the sea--Among the Quetzalcoatls--Mandingo traders in medieval Mexico--Black Africa and Egypt--The black kings of the twenty-fifth dynasty--African-Egyptian presences in ancient America--Plants and transplants--Smoking, tobacco, and pipes in Africa and America--The mystery of Mu-lan-p'i--Postscript on other finds UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003278224.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/2003278224.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/2003278224.html ER -