La Sfera / The Globe: Cosmology, Science, and Geography in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gregorio Dati, Carrie Benes (Editor), Laura Ingallinella (Editor)Series:Italica Press Historical TravelPublish date:10/1/2025Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Italica PressISBN-13:9781599104812ISBN-10:1599104814UPC:9781599104812Book Category:Poetry, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Historical Geography, EuropeBook Topic:Italian, RenaissanceSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.9709Product ID:SCBD2B9NV5
La Sfera / The Globe: Cosmology, Science, and Geography in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean
OF ALL THE MISCONCEPTIONS about the Middle Ages, one of the most persistent and erroneous is the claim that people before Christopher Columbus thought the world was flat - a myth popularized in the 1820s by the American novelist Washington Irving. In fact, Europeans had known the world was round since the days of the ancient Greeks, and famous fifteenth-century explorers like Columbus and Prince...
Series: Italica Press Historical Travel
Language:EnglishPublisher:Italica PressISBN-13:9781599104812ISBN-10:1599104814UPC:9781599104812Book Category:Poetry, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Historical Geography, EuropeBook Topic:Italian, RenaissanceSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.9709Product ID:SCBD2B9NV5
Dati, Gregorio: - Gregorio Dati (1362-1435) was the son of the Florentine silk merchant Anastagio Dati and became a silk merchant himself. By 1384, he was conducting business in Valencia, Barcelona, and the Balearic Islands. Despite business failures, capture by pirates, and unscrupulous partners, he kept his business afloat. His four marriages bore Dati twenty-six legitimate children and an...
Publisher: Italica Press
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Gregorio Dati, Carrie Benes (Editor), Laura Ingallinella (Editor)
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