Fourth Part of the World An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America

Name: Fourth Part of the World An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America
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ISBN: 9781416535348

ISBN-10: 1416535349

ISBN-13: 9781416535348

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Authors: Toby Lester

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List price: $26.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Toby Lester is the author of The Fourth Part of the World (2009) and a contributing editor to The Atlantic. A former Peace Corps volunteer and United Nations observer, he lives in the Boston area with his wife and three daughters. His work has also appeared on the radio program This American Life.



Timeline


Cast of Characters


Preface


Prologue: Awakening



Old World



Matthew's Maps



Scourge of God



The Description of the World



Through the Ocean Sea



Seeing Is Believing



New World



Rediscovery



Ptolemy the Wise



The Florentine Perspective



Terrae Incognitae



Into African Climes



The Learned Men



Cape of Storms



Colombo



The Admiral



Christ-Bearer



Amerigo



The Whole World



Gymnasium



World Without End



Afterworld


Epilogue: The Way of the World


Appendix: The Stevens-Brown Map


Acknowledgments


Notes


Works Cited


Further Reading


Permissions and Credits


Index


Author Q&A