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The Island Of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered North America
by Chiasson, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0679314555
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314554
- Seller
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Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Random House Canada, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Brown boards with gilt lettering along the spine. FIRST EDITION. New and unused. China's discovery of Cape Breton Island. Illustrated. DJ is crisp. A gripping account of an earth-shaking discovery, "The Island of Seven Cities" will change the way we think about our world. 376 pages.
Synopsis
Paul Chiasson is a Yale-educated architect whose expertise is the history and theory of religious architecture. He was born on Cape Breton Island and is a direct descendent of the Acadians who were among the first European settlers in the New World. He has taught at Yale, at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and at the University of Toronto. Chiasson’s discovery of the remains of an ancient Chinese settlement on Cape Breton Island is a direct result of his ancestral interest in the island’s history and of his unique ability to understand the unusual architectural forms that the ruins represented – remains that had been previously misunderstood or overlooked. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Olmstead Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5986
- Title
- The Island Of Seven Cities
- Author
- Chiasson, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679314555
- ISBN 13
- 9780679314554
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
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