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1492: The Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
1492: The Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto traces modernity to its roots in the year 1492. It focuses on specific events of 1492 (including the Renaissance and voyages of Columbus) which Fernandez-Armesto views as crucial to the development of modern ways of thinking and the physical sta ...Show more
1492: The Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The world would end in 1492 - so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began. In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the t ...Show more
Out of Our Minds by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Immensely learned and ambitious -seam-bursting eclecticism and polymathic brio - This is by any standards a significant book and its author deserves high praise.'Literary ReviewTo imagine to see that which is not there is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through t ...Show more
Out of our Minds by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds. Traversing the realms of science, politics, religi ...Show more
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$42.99 NZD
Category: History
For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero- a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Now, renowned historian Felipe Fern indez-Armesto draws on extensive and meticulous research to conduct a dazzli ...Show more
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$22.99 NZD
Category: History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022_______________'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday Telegraph_______________For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been ...Show more
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