The fourth part of the world the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name /

A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation.

Main Author: Lester, Toby.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2009.
Physical Description: xii, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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