Books written by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
PONTI ALIAS NESTER MERIDIES MARE CASPIVM BUELO GOOD TORTENS OXCTLLA MAIS FONTES MERCE NO 49 % SCHON LTVR CIA CARTE VDA acquaintance with the boreal north and with Siberia was transformed by the Map of Russia , from new contacts .
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City as a Classroom: International scientific and practical conference
If statues are to be lynched, let him who is without sin hitch the first rope. The equitable solution to conflicting indignations is to multiply monuments, in order to ensure equality of representation, not to transfer a sense of ...
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Internal Colonization in Medieval Europe
In 1260, Salem Abbey obtained judicial confirmation of its legal right to regulate fisheries. ... Augustalis or Constitutions of Melfi Promulgated by the Emperor Frederick II for the Kingdom of Sicily in 1231, James M. Powell, trans.
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The Malaspina Expedition 1789–1794: Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I: Cádiz to Panamá
2 The Göttingen astronomer Johann Tobias Mayer (1723–62). 3A divided object-glass micrometer probably fitted to the equatorial by Dollond. 4 For Dalrymple see p. xcv, n. 10. 5 I.e. Mercury. 1 If the same phenomenon was observed ...
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Más allá de nuestras mentes: Qué pensamos y cómo llegamos a pensarlo
11 Gamble, C. (2001), Las sociedades paleolíticas de Europa. Barcelona: Ariel Prehistoria. 12 Kant, I. [1785] (2006), Fundamentación de la metafísica de las costumbres. Tecnos; y MacIntyre, A. (2006), Historia de la ética.
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Before Columbus: Exploration and Colonization from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492
"A welcome addition to the growing literature dedicated to 'Atlantic Studies.'. . . Recommended for the professional scholar, the university student, and the educated public."—History
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Ideas that Changed the World
A collection of 175 ideas which have changed the world are presented in this volume - from time to evolution, and anarchy to Zen.
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The World: A History
This is the world history book that gives students the whole story.
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The World: A History
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. NOTE: You...
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Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years
Millennium is the most exciting sort of popular history. The narrative of Millennium begins in Japan in the year 1005 with a visit to the author of The Tale of...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history.
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The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well as the Native American Kingdoms they invaded.
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Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history -- a window on the history of mankind.
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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
“A rich and moving chronicle for our very present.” —Julio Ortega, New York Times Book Review
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So You Think You're Human?: A Brief History of Humankind
How can humanity be defined? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto takes us on an enlightening and provocative journey through the history of humankind to reveal the challenges to our most fundamental belief - that we are, and have always been, human.
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history.
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Columbus
In 1992 we mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World. But for most of us, this pivotal figure remains as distant and mysterious as...
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The Medieval Frontiers of Latin Christendom: Expansion, Contraction, Continuity
Expansion, Contraction, Continuity Felipe Fernandez-Armesto James Muldoon. Now careful examination of papal administration seems to show that the Avignon papacy with all its faults was much better organized than its Roman predecessor, ...
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The World: A History, Volume 1, Books a la Carte Edition
We do not know whether they will end in triumph or disaster. There is no prospect of covering all of world history in one book. Rather, the fabric of this book is woven from selected strands.
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1492: The Year the World Began
The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers, and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. Ours began.In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto traces key elements...