Book Review: 1491 by Charles C. Mann
Charles Mann's case that pre-Columbian America was populous and engineered — and its 'pristine wilderness' a post-plague landscape — rewrites the hemisphere's history.
Charles Mann's case that pre-Columbian America was populous and engineered — and its 'pristine wilderness' a post-plague landscape — rewrites the hemisphere's history.
Book Review: 1491 by Charles C. Mann
Charles Mann's case that pre-Columbian America was populous and engineered — and its 'pristine wilderness' a post-plague landscape — rewrites the hemisphere's history.
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October 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Book Review: 1491 by Charles C. Mann
Charles Mann's case that pre-Columbian America was populous and engineered — and its 'pristine wilderness' a post-plague landscape — rewrites the hemisphere's history.
Charles Mann's case that pre-Columbian America was populous and engineered — and its 'pristine wilderness' a post-plague landscape — rewrites the hemisphere's history.
Also want to recommend a few of my favorite books on pre-Colombian American history: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend, Native Foods by Michael D. Wise, & recently recommended to me by a friend, 1491 by Charles Mann.
As a descendent of European colonizers and also as a person who is very into etymology, I feel like there is a big gap in my knowledge concerning the names of the place where I live…. I think for indigenous people’s day I’m gonna try to learn a bit of Wampanoag etymology
October 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Also want to recommend a few of my favorite books on pre-Colombian American history: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend, Native Foods by Michael D. Wise, & recently recommended to me by a friend, 1491 by Charles Mann.
It's an interesting hypothetical. It's a bit dated, but you can check out 1491 if you want a survey of what Native polities looked like pre-contact.
September 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It's an interesting hypothetical. It's a bit dated, but you can check out 1491 if you want a survey of what Native polities looked like pre-contact.
One of Pope Leo's predecessors is the reason Stollen even exists...
In 1491, a papal decree by Pope Innocent VIII permitted Dresdenders to use butter in their pre-Christmas baking, thus transforming a simple fasting pastry into the buttery Christmas delicacy enjoyed today.
In 1491, a papal decree by Pope Innocent VIII permitted Dresdenders to use butter in their pre-Christmas baking, thus transforming a simple fasting pastry into the buttery Christmas delicacy enjoyed today.
September 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
One of Pope Leo's predecessors is the reason Stollen even exists...
In 1491, a papal decree by Pope Innocent VIII permitted Dresdenders to use butter in their pre-Christmas baking, thus transforming a simple fasting pastry into the buttery Christmas delicacy enjoyed today.
In 1491, a papal decree by Pope Innocent VIII permitted Dresdenders to use butter in their pre-Christmas baking, thus transforming a simple fasting pastry into the buttery Christmas delicacy enjoyed today.
USP 1491
An inmate wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder must survive a temporal release program set in pre-Columbian America to have any chance of finding her killer.
#Screenpit #Si #Ac #Fea #scriptsky
An inmate wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder must survive a temporal release program set in pre-Columbian America to have any chance of finding her killer.
#Screenpit #Si #Ac #Fea #scriptsky
September 23, 2026 at 3:33 PM
USP 1491
An inmate wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder must survive a temporal release program set in pre-Columbian America to have any chance of finding her killer.
#Screenpit #Si #Ac #Fea #scriptsky
An inmate wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder must survive a temporal release program set in pre-Columbian America to have any chance of finding her killer.
#Screenpit #Si #Ac #Fea #scriptsky
I swear to you, for some reason I initially read this as 1491, as if it were some kind of pre-Columbian breakfast hack from Pillsbury 😅
September 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I swear to you, for some reason I initially read this as 1491, as if it were some kind of pre-Columbian breakfast hack from Pillsbury 😅
A book I found very enlightening and informative was "1491", (Charles Mann) speaks to what existed in the pre-Columbian times before colonialism, disease and racism hit the shores of North, Central and South America.
August 24, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A book I found very enlightening and informative was "1491", (Charles Mann) speaks to what existed in the pre-Columbian times before colonialism, disease and racism hit the shores of North, Central and South America.
1491 was great for rethinking assumptions about the Americas pre-European contact and colonization. But the speed with which highly sophisticated, truly globalized commercial networks emerged in the 16th century is absolutely astounding.
October 5, 2023 at 4:02 PM
1491 was great for rethinking assumptions about the Americas pre-European contact and colonization. But the speed with which highly sophisticated, truly globalized commercial networks emerged in the 16th century is absolutely astounding.
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Democracy wasn't invented by the Spanish or British lol. Js. Wait till you realize the 21 prior presidents before George Washington. LET'S LEAVE OUT NOTHING MAGA🤣. American history (pre Bible). America post Bible 🤮🤮🤮🤮😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫🤬🤬🤬. Let's keep our religion out of politics &school
Democracy wasn't invented by the Spanish or British lol. Js. Wait till you realize the 21 prior presidents before George Washington. LET'S LEAVE OUT NOTHING MAGA🤣. American history (pre Bible). America post Bible 🤮🤮🤮🤮😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫🤬🤬🤬. Let's keep our religion out of politics &school
The Untold Story Of The Americas Before Columbus In 3 Hours | 1491: Full Series
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November 23, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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Democracy wasn't invented by the Spanish or British lol. Js. Wait till you realize the 21 prior presidents before George Washington. LET'S LEAVE OUT NOTHING MAGA🤣. American history (pre Bible). America post Bible 🤮🤮🤮🤮😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫🤬🤬🤬. Let's keep our religion out of politics &school
Democracy wasn't invented by the Spanish or British lol. Js. Wait till you realize the 21 prior presidents before George Washington. LET'S LEAVE OUT NOTHING MAGA🤣. American history (pre Bible). America post Bible 🤮🤮🤮🤮😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫🤬🤬🤬. Let's keep our religion out of politics &school
I guess I should have said either pre-1492 *or* just 1491 but instead I just...didn't do that. And that's OK.
February 27, 2026 at 7:31 AM
I guess I should have said either pre-1492 *or* just 1491 but instead I just...didn't do that. And that's OK.
Robert what do you think the chances are that people will return to a more or less pre-1491 Americas lifestyle? Some farming, some hunting and gathering, some cities, some nomadery?
Like obviously living through the transition would suck and most folks would die, but I mean after that?
Like obviously living through the transition would suck and most folks would die, but I mean after that?
February 27, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Robert what do you think the chances are that people will return to a more or less pre-1491 Americas lifestyle? Some farming, some hunting and gathering, some cities, some nomadery?
Like obviously living through the transition would suck and most folks would die, but I mean after that?
Like obviously living through the transition would suck and most folks would die, but I mean after that?
I still think about things I learned from 1491 by Charles C. Mann, which colored in a lot of pre-Columbian American history for me.
I have family from Northern Ireland and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing helped contextualize The Troubles for me in a really engaging way
I have family from Northern Ireland and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing helped contextualize The Troubles for me in a really engaging way
April 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I still think about things I learned from 1491 by Charles C. Mann, which colored in a lot of pre-Columbian American history for me.
I have family from Northern Ireland and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing helped contextualize The Troubles for me in a really engaging way
I have family from Northern Ireland and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing helped contextualize The Troubles for me in a really engaging way
🌍📖📚💙 #bpplsly #BookDrop #American-History #Indigenous-america
Today some want native history, so okay here we go - #maps first. This is America #PRE-1491 so we can all understand where it starts. GET This so you can know the history yourself
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Today some want native history, so okay here we go - #maps first. This is America #PRE-1491 so we can all understand where it starts. GET This so you can know the history yourself
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December 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
🌍📖📚💙 #bpplsly #BookDrop #American-History #Indigenous-america
Today some want native history, so okay here we go - #maps first. This is America #PRE-1491 so we can all understand where it starts. GET This so you can know the history yourself
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Today some want native history, so okay here we go - #maps first. This is America #PRE-1491 so we can all understand where it starts. GET This so you can know the history yourself
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Have you read the book 1491? If yes what did you think of perhaps the most controversial sections- huge cultivated gardens in Amazonia, & the passenger pigeon NOT being very common pre 1492? #conservation #conservationphilosophy #conservationagriculture @ruminatus @MurphyWestwood
May 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Have you read the book 1491? If yes what did you think of perhaps the most controversial sections- huge cultivated gardens in Amazonia, & the passenger pigeon NOT being very common pre 1492? #conservation #conservationphilosophy #conservationagriculture @ruminatus @MurphyWestwood
Read 1491. The pre book to 1493. He true to tell them but couldn’t get consensus from scholars. Now DNA shows that the Markers are there from Mali descendants he absolutely made it and Africans were in Americas 100 years before Columbus Im wooden boats. Theres records🙄more white washing
August 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Read 1491. The pre book to 1493. He true to tell them but couldn’t get consensus from scholars. Now DNA shows that the Markers are there from Mali descendants he absolutely made it and Africans were in Americas 100 years before Columbus Im wooden boats. Theres records🙄more white washing
1491 & 1493 by Charles C. Mann, about the state of the Americas pre-contact, and the ensuing global consequences of the Columbian exchange.
August 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
1491 & 1493 by Charles C. Mann, about the state of the Americas pre-contact, and the ensuing global consequences of the Columbian exchange.