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1492: The Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$30.00 NZD
Category: World 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
1492: The Year Our World Began by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$40.00 NZD
Category: World 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
Ideas That Changed the World by Felipe Fernandez Armesto
$39.90 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Felipe Fernandez Armesto's Ideas That Changed The World is a compelling and thought-provoking guide to the historical and philosophical notions that have shaped human civilization. From cannibalism to jihad, from the dawn of time to the present day, from Ancient Greece to North America, each idea is eng ...Show more
Out of our Minds by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
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
$43.39 NZD
Category: World 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
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