| Did Columbus first discover America?Did the | | | | the north, in present-day USA and Canada, |
| Vikings first discover America?Did the | | | | there were between 1000 and 2000 family |
| Chinese first discover America?No, in truth | | | | tribes, most eking out a subsistence |
| the American continent was first discovered | | | | lifestyle by hunting, whilst living in tents |
| between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago by bands | | | | and temporary settlements as they followed |
| of roving hunters from the Siberian steppes, | | | | the wandering herds.2) throughout the central |
| who made the lonely trek across to the | | | | part of the continent and on the eastern part |
| previously unknown continent during the last | | | | of South America these same tribes had joined |
| Great Ice Age when the sea level fell enough | | | | together into civilized groups who lived in |
| to expose a narrow causeway that acted as a | | | | stone-built cities where the landscape was |
| bridge between the two continents.No signs | | | | dominated by huge temples, the scene of |
| have yet been found of any human habitation | | | | fearsome rituals where the citizens were |
| on the continent before these times so it | | | | largely kept in obedience under threat of |
| must be assumed that they arrived to find an | | | | human sacrifice.3) and finally, on the |
| uninhabited land. With no real threats and a | | | | Caribbean Islands and around the deltas of |
| landscape teeming with wildlife they decided | | | | the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, a third group |
| to stay, though they didn't have much choice | | | | had settled, on the whole peacefully, though |
| in the matter as before long the waters rose | | | | even amongst some of these tribes cannibalism |
| as the Ice Age drew to a close and quite | | | | was still practised.There they had lived for |
| literally cut them off from their friends and | | | | more than 10,000 years, unable to get back in |
| family back in Asia.With no boats and no | | | | touch with the rest of the world. In fact |
| chance of retreat, at least not until the | | | | they probaby no longer even remembered there |
| next Ice Age (which hasn't started yet!), | | | | was any more to the world beyond their |
| they must have decided to make the most of | | | | continent. But their isolation was not to |
| their new-found home, which just happened to | | | | continue and this book tells the fascinating |
| be a continent so huge it spanned the two | | | | story of how this long-lost continent was |
| poles and contained every type of landscape | | | | finally rediscovered and of how it once more |
| imaginable, from rugged mountains and | | | | became a real and living part of the known |
| steaming volcanoes to parched deserts and | | | | world.This excerpt is taken from the first |
| hidden valleys, from endless wide-open plains | | | | chapter of Discovery - The Story of America |
| to dank, dense jungles, and from frozen | | | | by Anthony Treasure. This book is already |
| snow-bound tundra to idyllic tropical | | | | published in the UK (listed on Amazon.co.uk) |
| islands.Fortunately these hunters must have | | | | and is due to be published in the US at a |
| taken their females along for the trek and | | | | later date. For now it is published as an |
| over the centuries they spread and | | | | ebook and as a SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER |
| multiplied, so much so that by 1500AD, when | | | | Discovery Part One is available to download |
| they were finally discovered by the rest of | | | | COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. Three further |
| humanity, there were upwards of 10 million | | | | titles - Discovery Part Two, Colonization |
| natives spread across all parts of the | | | | Part One and Colonization Part Two are also |
| continent.These indigenous tribes by that | | | | out as ebooks and can be bought and |
| time had settled into 3 rough groups:1) to | | | | downloaded from the website. |