Project Gutenberg 2014-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 53 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837" by Various is a historical periodical written in the early 19th century. This publication is a collection of literary and cultural essays, poetry, and various other contributions, reflecting the thinking and societal norms of its time. The pieces included within are likely to explore themes relevant to American identity and cultural antiquities, as well as literary critiques and societal observations. The opening of this volume begins with an essay titled "American Antiquities," which discusses the origins of the first inhabitants of America, dismissing various theories about Egyptians, Carthaginians, or Romans being the continent's first inhabitants. The author critiques the validity of the legend of Votan, a mythical figure proposed to connect the indigenous people of Central America with ancient civilizations, arguing against the plausibility of such connections and highlighting the lack of substantive evidence supporting these claims. Additionally, the text hints at broader themes of antiquity and cultural legacy, guiding readers to consider the complexities of historical interpretation and the limits of existing evidence in understanding indigenous origins. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45538/45538-h/images/cover-page.jpg en Periodicals AP Text The Knickerbocker Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature 446891 446900 2024-09-19T06:42:32.013739 2023-09-19T17:48:05.723955 text/html text/html 449917 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 298797 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305167 2024-09-19T06:42:39.165915 application/epub+zip 311863 2024-09-19T06:42:33.365730 application/epub+zip 245179 2024-09-19T06:42:32.574877 application/epub+zip 455669 2024-09-19T06:42:43.342658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409134 2024-09-19T06:42:38.464679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342335 2022-09-20T18:31:22.431392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393467 393341 2024-09-19T06:42:31.127726 2023-09-19T17:48:04.643962 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 393236 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 157350 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393237 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157245 2014-04-29T20:02:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19899 2024-09-19T06:42:43.472681 application/rdf+xml 24560 2024-09-19T06:42:32.664704 image/jpeg 2933 2024-09-19T06:42:32.619760 image/jpeg 299577 2024-09-19T06:42:32.054737 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog