Author

Publication

2010 - Free Press, New York

Language

English

Word Count

115,500 words, Guess

Page Count

462 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC912.73
  • LCCE18.75 .L47 2010
  • LCCE18.75 .L47 2009

Description

In 1901, Josef Fischer accidentally discovered the Waldseemuller Map of 1507 - the first map to depict the world largely as we know it. This book tells the story of the voyagers and thinkers who created this remarkable map and ushered in the New World.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The fourth part of the worldPaperbackFree Press2010

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