1492 · the Year the World Began
- Authors
- Fernández-Armesto, Felipe
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Tags
- medieval , civilization; modern , fiction , history , ecology , church and state , general , world , history; modern , nature , civilization; modern - history
- ISBN
- 9780061132278
- Date
- 2009-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.12 MB
- Lang
- en
*1492: The Year the World Began* is a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the year when many believe the modern world was born. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of *Millennium* , covers such iconic figures as Christopher Columbus and Alexander Borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of Spain, China, and Africa to tell the story of 1492, a momentous year whose lessons are still relevant today