About the book: 2001 / The book is dedicated to the history and culture of the civilizations of pre-Columbian America from the penetration of primitive tribes into the territory of the New World to the conquest of Central and South America by the Spanish conquistadors. For the first time in Russian historical literature, an attempt has been made to collect, systematize and present in a manner accessible to a wide range of readers numerous foreign and domestic publications on the history of pre-Columbian America.