Title Written in the ruins : Cape Breton Island's second Pre-Columbian Chinese settlement / Paul Chiasson

Published Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Part Two: Rovers of the Sea. 6 The Adventures of David Ingram -- 7 The Treasure Fleets -- 8 A Culture Forgotten -- 9 History Through a New Lens Part Three: History Derailed. 10 History Takes a Turn -- 11 Nicolo Zeno of Venice -- 12 Evolution of a Myth -- 13 The Zeno Stories Come of Age -- 14 The Battle for History -- 15 Myth Becomes History -- Epilogue: Attend to the Original Facts Prologue: A Shipwreck's Tale -- Introduction: The Path to the Second City -- Part One: The Second City. 1 The Ruins on the Shore -- 2 Rovers of the Sea -- 3 The Ruins on Mount Grenville -- 4 The Mark of an Ancient Canal -- 5 A Cannon from the Past Summary ""Written in the Ruins" investigates the ruins at St. Peters, in the southern part of Cape Breton Island, where amazing evidence supports a wild theory that could answer all the questions raised by the island's curious, unresolved history: was it settled by the Chinese long before Europeans arrived?"--Publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Chinese -- Nova Scotia -- St. Peter's -- Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nova Scotia -- St. Peter's HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867) Antiquities Chinese -- Antiquities Discoveries in geography -- Chinese Excavations (Archaeology) SUBJECT Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Chinese St. Peter's (N.S.) -- Antiquities Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Antiquities Subject Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia -- St. Peter's Form Electronic book ISBN 9781459733138 1459733134 1459733142 9781459733121 1459733126 9781459733145

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