This Earthly Globe by Andrea di Robilant #foliosociety from friendship

from friendship

This is a book for any lover of country style

a year that saw four Caesars in succession rule the empire

and four-time Nebula Award winner

This Earthly Globe by Andrea di Robilant #foliosociety from friendshipA dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan DURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, a little known public servant in the Venetian government, Giovambattista Ramusio, anonymously published Navigationi et Viaggi (Journeys and Navigations). Containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans from the diaries of Marco Polo to detailed reports from the Muslim diplomat Leo Africanus it became the basis of the world map we