{"product_id":"amerigo-the-man-who-gave-his-name-to-america-9780812972986","title":"Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAmerigo\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning scholar Felipe Fern ndez-Armesto answers the question \"What's in a name?\" by delivering a rousing flesh-and-blood narrative of the life and times of Amerigo Vespucci. Here we meet Amerigo as he really was: a rogue and raconteur who counted Christopher Columbus among his friends and rivals; an amateur sorcerer who attained fame and honor through a series of disastrous failures and equally grand self-reinventions. Filled with well-informed insights and amazing anecdotes, this magisterial and compulsively readable account sweeps readers from Medicean Florence to the Sevillian court of Ferdinand and Isabella, then across the Atlantic of Columbus to the brave New World where fortune favored the bold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerigo Vespucci emerges from these pages as an irresistible avatar for the age of exploration-and as a man of genuine achievement as a voyager and chronicler of discovery. And now, in \u003ci\u003eAmerigo\u003c\/i\u003e, this mercurial and elusive figure finally has a biography to do full justice to both the man and his remarkable era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAmerigo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wonderfully idiosyncratic and intelligent.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating . . .  Fern ndez-Armesto's] lively style is effective in evoking the flashy and violent world of Renaissance Europe.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An outstanding historian . . .  Fern ndez-Armesto] introduces Amerigo Vespucci as an amazing Renaissance character independent of his name's fame-and does Fern ndez-Armesto ever deliver.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dazzling . . . an elegant tale of Vespucci's ability to transform himself from a merchant into an explorer and conqueror of new worlds.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFelipe Fern?ndez-Armesto, the Prince of Asturias Professor of History at Tufts University, is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Americas, Millennium, Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNear a Thousand Tables: A History of Food\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Cairo Medal, the John Carter Brown Medal, and the Premio Nacional de Investigaci?n of Spain's Sociedad Geogr?fica Espa?ola. His work has appeared in twenty-four languages, and his journalism and broadcasts appear frequently in Spanish and British media.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924565758226,"sku":"9780812972986","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c71a4ad0-6499-4d20-ac9e-3d114a8ec4a6.jpg?v=1738972190","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amerigo-the-man-who-gave-his-name-to-america-9780812972986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}