On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

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How indigenous people made space for themselves in Europe and shifted perspectives.

How indigenous people made space for themselves in Europe and shifted perspectives through trade, marriage and legal wranglings.

Read by Maggie Service

Querying the depiction of European history as 'incontestably White', Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock explores how Indigenous people were very much present in both small and significant ways. 

Through marriage, trade and legal wrangling those who came to Europe - voluntarily and involuntarily - began to make a space for themselves on the savage shores.

Written by Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock
Read by Maggie Service

Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Produced by Naomi Walmsley

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How Indigenous peoples discovered Europe long before Columbus set foot on American soil.

How Indigenous peoples - as traders, ambassadors and enslaved peoples - discovered Europe long before Columbus set foot on American soil. Read by Maggie Service.

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