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Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus's own writings--chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English--to relate his self-perception and personal history, as far as is possible, in his own words. The result is a full and vivid (and often surprising) portrait of this complex man and the role he thought he was...

Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus's own writings--chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English--to relate his self-perception and personal history, as far as is possible, in his own words. The result is a full and vivid (and often surprising) portrait of this complex man and the role he thought he was...

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A vivid new book from an established and bestselling historian

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In Amerigo, the award-winning scholar Felipe Fernández-Armesto answers the question "What's in a name?” by delivering a rousing flesh-and-blood narrative of the life and times of Amerigo Vespucci. Here we meet Amerigo as he really was: a rogue and raconteur who counted Christopher Columbus among his friends and rivals, an amateur sorcerer who attained fame and honor through a series of disastrous failures and equally grand self-reinventions. F...

En 1507, cuando el cartógrafo Martin Waldseemüller publicó un mapa del mundo, denominó América a un nuevo continente, descubierto poco antes, en honor al navegante y explorador Américo Vespucio.

Critically acclaimed as a landmark in culinary writing, this savory and engrossing account by a "New York Times" Notable author leaves no placemat unturned as it chronicles the fascinating story of food across the centuries.