This Earthly Globe
By Andrea Di Robilant
By Andrea Di Robilant
By Andrea Di Robilant
By Andrea Di Robilant
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$30.00
Jun 18, 2024 | ISBN 9780307597076
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Jun 18, 2024 | ISBN 9780593801703
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Praise
“An extraordinary story that reads more like a thriller than a book about history. A dazzling tale, brilliantly told.” —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed
“What happens when the whole world-picture changes rapidly and decisively? Who assembles the critical information needed to construct a radically new understanding of the way things are? Thanks to the digital revolution, we have been living through such a disorienting transformation, but it is not the first time that received wisdom has been shattered and in urgent need of reassembling. The epochal voyages of the late 15th and early 16th century tore up the traditional European map of the globe and its inhabitants. Andrea di Robilant’s wonderful book explores a succession of thrilling, often terrifying encounters with the other and reconstructs the career of the visionary collector who gave the public access to knowledge of how profoundly their world had changed.” —Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“A treasure trove of exciting tales and adventures, populated by a fascinating cast, that gives a thorough understanding of how Europeans discovered and mapped the other continents.” —Paul Strathern, author of The Medici
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