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A three-time US National Magazine Award finalist, he is also the author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, which won the US National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year, and both that book and its sequel, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, were New York Times bestsellers. Mann, a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science and Wired, has written for Fortune, the New York Times, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post, as well as for HBO and Law & Order. A three-time US National Magazine Award finalist, he is also the author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, which won the US National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year, and both that book and its sequel, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, were New. Mann, a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science and Wired, has written for Fortune, the New York Times, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post, as well as for HBO and Law & Order. Mann arroja nueva luz sobre los métodos empleados para llegar a estas nuevas visiones de la América precolombina y sobre el modo en que éstas afectan a nuestra concepción de la historia y a nuestra comprensión del medio ambiente. Following his remarks, he responded to questions and comments from members of the audience.Ĭharles Mann talked about his book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, published by Alfred A. Mann used pictures during his presentation. He refuted the commonly taught version of the Americas before Columbus, saying it wasn’t a sparsely populated wilderness but a cultivated land populated by advanced peoples. In the book, the author described the cultures of the Aztec and Native American peoples of the Americas as well as the technological innovations of their respective cultures. In his book Charles Mann reached the conclusion that in the year before Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, there were more people in the Americas than in Europe. T16:04:31-04:00 Charles Mann talked about his book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, published by Alfred A.