Amerigo

The Man Who Gave His Name To America

BY FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO

Brief Description:
n 1507 a world map was published with a new continent on it called "America," after the explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. The map was a phenomenal success and when Mercator`s 1538 world map extended the name to the northern hemisphere of the continent. This is the story of how one side of the world came to be named not after Christopher Columbus, but after his friend and rival Amerigo Vespucci who excelled above all at self-invention and self-promotion.

Random House 2007 221 PP. Cloth

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