Letters from a new world : Amerigo Vespucci's Discovery of America /
What caused renaissance geographers in 1507 to name the newly discovered continent America, in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, instead of, say, Columbia? The six letters of Vespucci, published in Letters From a New World, convinced Europe of the momentous truth that earlier had eluded Columbus - Columbus...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512 |
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| Other Authors: |
Columbus, Christopher,
Formisano, Luciano,
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566,
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566,
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566,
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English
Latin |
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| Published: |
New York :
Marsilio,
[1992], ©1992
New York :
c1992
New York :
[1992]
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| Series: | Marsilio classics
Marsilio classics
Marsilio classics
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