This Earthly Globe

This Earthly Globe

A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World

Robilant, Andrea di

Atlantic Books

08/2024

272

Dura

9780857891792

15 a 20 dias

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Prologue: 3 Chapter One: The Education of a Geographer Chapter Two: Pigafetta's Diary Chapter Three: Cadamosto Chapter Four: An African Masterpiece Chapter Five: Meeting Prester John Chapter Six: Indian Journeys Chapter Seven: Navagero's Embassy Chapter Eight: In the Land of Biru Chapter Nine: Sailing to Hochelaga Chapter Ten: The Return of Marco Polo Chapter Eleven: Stealing Time from Time
renaissance; italy; borgias; florentines; venetians; shakespeare; history; geography; maps; peter ross; the bookseller of florence; brunelleschi's dome; cartography; autumn in venice; a venetian affair; age of discovery; globe; earth; mercator; christopher columbus; james cook; voyage; discovery; marco polo; walter raleigh; paul strathern