1492: The Year the World Began
1492: Not Simply the Year Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue . . . In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe FernÁndez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single fateful year when everything changed.
1492: Not Simply the Year Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue . . . In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe FernÁndez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single fateful year when everything changed.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061132285 (0061132284)
Publish date: November 2nd 2010
Publisher: HarperOne
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Started and gave up. Just couldn't believe the overall premise. Plus, it was just overly dense. Meh.
I'm not really sure how "fair" my three star review of this book is. It's well written, but I don't think it's really want I wanted to read right now so a book that I really should have liked was more a chore than anything. Although I say every time I read a non fiction book I'll take notes on th...