Amerigo
Subtitle: the man who gave his name to America
By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
Edition: Random House trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780812972986
Subjects: Vespucci, Amerigo, -- 1451-1512.; Explorers -- America -- Biography.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.; Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography.; Explorers -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.; America -- Name.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Italian.; Florence (Italy) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: The sorcerer's apprenticeship; title: The prospect from exile; title: The stargazer at sea; title: The spellbinder's books; title: Prospero prefigured; title: The conjurer's stage.