logo

EbookBell.com

Most ebook files are in PDF format, so you can easily read them using various software such as Foxit Reader or directly on the Google Chrome browser.
Some ebook files are released by publishers in other formats such as .awz, .mobi, .epub, .fb2, etc. You may need to install specific software to read these formats on mobile/PC, such as Calibre.

Please read the tutorial at this link:  https://ebookbell.com/faq 


We offer FREE conversion to the popular formats you request; however, this may take some time. Therefore, right after payment, please email us, and we will try to provide the service as quickly as possible.


For some exceptional file formats or broken links (if any), please refrain from opening any disputes. Instead, email us first, and we will try to assist within a maximum of 6 hours.

EbookBell Team

This Earthly Globe A Venetian Geographer And The Quest To Map The World Andrea Di Robilant

  • SKU: BELL-58547490
This Earthly Globe A Venetian Geographer And The Quest To Map The World Andrea Di Robilant
$ 31.00 $ 45.00 (-31%)

4.4

52 reviews

This Earthly Globe A Venetian Geographer And The Quest To Map The World Andrea Di Robilant instant download after payment.

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
File Extension: PDF
File size: 27.89 MB
Pages: 301
Author: Andrea Di Robilant
Language: English
Year: 2024

Product desciption

This Earthly Globe A Venetian Geographer And The Quest To Map The World Andrea Di Robilant by Andrea Di Robilant instant download after payment.

From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair (“A narrative of novelistic resonance . . . Astonishing” —The Washington Post), the story of an Italian Renaissance book editor who introduced European minds to the wider world through his passion for geography
In the autumn of 1550, a thick volume containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans, with startling wood-cut maps of Africa, India and Indonesia, was published in Venice under the title Navigationi et Viaggi (Journeys and Navigations). The editor of this remarkable collection of travelogues, journals and classified government reports remained anonymous. Two additional volumes delivered the most accurate information on Asia and the “New World” available at the time. The three volumes together constituted an unparalleled release of geographical data into the public domain. It was, Andrea di Robilant writes, the biggest Wikileak of the...

Related Products