Description: "Fernandez-Armesto's narrative fluidity, not to mention an ability to turn a phrase, converts facts into context in an attractively readable manner.... Surveying the planet entire in 1492, Fernndez-Armesto brilliantly sweeps a startling breadth of history into his unified narrative." - Booklist In his stimulating new book, Fernandez-Armesto offers a model of how to write popular history: accessible, provocative and full of telling detail. (4 stars) - Mail on Sunday (London) "In this admirable history, Fernndez-Armesto has written a book of travels not unlike those of Marco Polo, filled with marvels and sensations, rich in description and replete with anecdote. 1492 is a compendium of delights." - The Times (London) "Fernndez-Armesto challenges some long-standing historical thinking.... The compiled information adds immensely to the understanding of world that ended and began in 1492.... 1492 changes our view of history." - San Antonio Express-News

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