The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name /: the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name. ([2012?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toby Lester.
• Other Names: Lester, Toby
• Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Prologue Awakening; Part One. Old World; Chapter One. Matthew's Maps; Chapter Two. Scourge of God; Chapter Three. The Description of the World; Chapter Four. Through the Ocean Sea; Chapter Five. Seeing Is Believing; Part Two. New World; Chapter Six. Rediscovery; Chapter Seven. Ptolemy the Wise; Chapter Eight. The Florentine Perspective; Chapter Nine. Terrae Incognitae; Chapter Ten. Into African Climes; Chapter Eleven. The Learned Men; Chapter Twelve. Cape of Storms; Chapter Thirteen. Colombo. Chapter Fourteen. The AdmiralChapter Fifteen. Christ-Bearer; Chapter Sixteen. Amerigo; Part Three. The Whole World; Chapter Seventeen. Gymnasium; Chapter Eighteen. World Without End; Chapter Nineteen. Afterworld; Epilogue. The Way of the World; Appendix. The Stevens-Brown Map; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Further Reading; Permissions and Credits; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 912.73; Cartography -- History; World maps -- History; Discoveries in geography -- History -- To 1500; Cartography; Discoveries in geography; Names; World maps; Maps of the world; History of ideas; Cartography; Exploratory expeditions; America -- Maps -- History; America -- Name; America; America; Electronic books; History; History (form)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847652808; 9781847652805
• Related ISBNs: 9781861978035; 1861978030
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.