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    <title>They came before Columbus</title>
    <subTitle>the african presence in ancient America</subTitle>
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    <publisher>Random House</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1976</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1976</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed. --</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvii, 288 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Ivan Van Sertima.</note>
  <note>Some copies may lack subtitle.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <geographic>America</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <geographic>America</geographic>
    <topic>Discovery and exploration</topic>
    <topic>African</topic>
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    <topic>Africans</topic>
    <geographic>America</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>To 1500</temporal>
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    <topic>Indians</topic>
    <topic>African influences</topic>
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    <geographic>América</geographic>
    <topic>Antiguedades</topic>
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    <topic>Negros</topic>
    <topic>Historia</topic>
    <geographic>América</geographic>
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    <geographic>América</geographic>
    <topic>Descubrimiento y exploraciones</topic>
    <topic>Africanos</topic>
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    <topic>Culturas indígenas</topic>
    <topic>Influencia africana</topic>
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