AMERIGO: THE MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO AMERICA
by FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1552638928
- ISBN 13
- 9781552638927
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About This Item
NY: Key Porter Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. first edition,1p; 54321pt line. Hardcover. 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.8 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S34.95) DUST JACKET; Gold spine titles on black hard covers...white endpaper...colorful dust jacket shows portrait of AMERICO VESPUCCCI. INNER DJ FLAP PHOTO PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR 1X2" & biog.; 231 pages; This is the story of how one side of the world came to be named not after its discoverer Christopher Columbus, but after his friend and rival Amerigo Vespucci. Born in Florence in 1454, Vespucci had spent his youth as a dealer or agent for the great Medici family. ...In 1507, the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller published a world map with a new continent on it which he called "America," after the explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. The map was a phenomenal success .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and index
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132954
- Title
- AMERIGO: THE MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO AMERICA
- Author
- FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE
- Illustrator
- Titian Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition,1p; 54321pt line
- ISBN 10
- 1552638928
- ISBN 13
- 9781552638927
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- America-discovery, Exlorers, Columbus,christophe, Biography, Cuba, Slave owner, Map MakER cartographer, Cartography, America Name
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