Thumbs up from Booklist
A very strong review from Booklist for The Race to the New World:
"It’s hard to imagine that there is still uncharted territory in the history of the New World’s discovery. But Hunter indeed sails unsullied waters, offering an intriguing and surprising new twist on the old subject. Other historians have paralleled the voyages of Columbus and Cabot...but Hunter interweaves their stories and places them firmly into the complex geopolitical landscape of Renaissance Europe...As this fascinating historical detective story unfolds, new pieces of an old puzzle are put into place, providing fresh perspective on the traditional discovery narrative. This important contribution to the scholarship of exploration history should also please readers who enjoy well-researched revisionist histories like Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower (2006.)"
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick
The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery
"It’s hard to imagine that there is still uncharted territory in the history of the New World’s discovery. But Hunter indeed sails unsullied waters, offering an intriguing and surprising new twist on the old subject. Other historians have paralleled the voyages of Columbus and Cabot...but Hunter interweaves their stories and places them firmly into the complex geopolitical landscape of Renaissance Europe...As this fascinating historical detective story unfolds, new pieces of an old puzzle are put into place, providing fresh perspective on the traditional discovery narrative. This important contribution to the scholarship of exploration history should also please readers who enjoy well-researched revisionist histories like Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower (2006.)"
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick
The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery
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