Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination

by Joyce Appleby

Book Overview

When Columbus first returned to Spain from the Caribbean, he dazzled King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with exotic parrots, tropical flowers, and bits of gold. Inspired by the promise of riches,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239519
• ISBN13: 9780393239515
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"