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
History, United States history
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Discusses the 1507 Waldseemüller map - the first to designate America - which is in the collections of and displayed by the Library of Congress. Traces the overlapping voyages, some geographical and some intellectual, that brought about the map’s revolutionary depiction of the world. 2009.
Title Details
ISBN
9781456111151
Publisher
Recorded Books
Copyright Date
2009
Book number
2424394
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Peter Jay Fernandez
Duration
15 hours 42 minutes 18 seconds
Audio producer
Recorded Books, 2009.