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Author Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe, 1905-2002.

Title Amerigo : the man who gave his name to America / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.

Imprint New York : Random House, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.19 V636Bf 2007    ---  Available
 Eureka Non-Fiction  92 Vespucci    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxi, 231 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.
Contents The sorcerer's apprenticeship -- The prospect from exile -- The stargazer at sea -- The spellbinder's books -- Prospero prefigured -- The conjurer's stage.
Subject Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512.
America -- Name.
Explorers -- America -- Biography.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography.
Explorers -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Italian.
Florence (Italy) -- Biography.
ISBN 1400062810 (acid-free paper)
9781400062812 (acid-free paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000041001280
NZ1 11077327
NLGGC 308003071

 
    
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