Full name: 1492: The Year the World Began

Author: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780061132278 9780061132285 0061132276

1492: The Year the World Began is a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the year when many believe the modern world was born. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of Millennium, covers such iconic figures as Christopher Columbus and Alexander Borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of Spain, China, and Africa to tell the story of 1492, a momentous year whose lessons are still relevant today Similar books: The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer Civilizations by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Near a Thousand Tables by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Catastrophe by David Keys Civilization by Roger Osborne The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer Marvelous Possessions by Stephen Greenblatt Civilization on Trial by Arnold J. Toynbee Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker Unnatural Murder by Anne Somerset Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey The Twentieth Century by Howard Zinn Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee Heroes of History by Will Durant Mankind and Mother Earth by Arnold J. Toynbee Amerigo by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson