❦1493Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Charles C. Mann traces how Columbus's voyages set off an exchange of crops, animals, diseases and people that remade the whole planet.
The Shelves
Renaissance & Revolutions
Rediscovery, exploration and upheaval, from the Renaissance to Napoleon.
5 books on this shelf
❦CitizensA Chronicle of the French Revolution
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Simon Schama's dazzling, unsettling chronicle of the French Revolution, from the twilight of the old regime to the Terror.
❦NapoleonA Life
Napoleon: A Life
Andrew Roberts's full-scale biography of Napoleon, built on the emperor's own vast correspondence.
❦Peter the GreatHis Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Robert K. Massie's grand biography of the giant tsar who dragged Russia westward and built a new capital on the Baltic.
❦The SwerveHow the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
How a book hunter's discovery of a lost Roman poem in 1417 helped carry ancient ideas into the Renaissance.
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