Description: Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield.
Brief description: April Shelford is a graduate student in history at Princeton University.
Review Quotes: Grafton's book is about the identity of the Americas--an identity hewn out of intellectual conflict, just as much as military or political conflict.--David McKitterick "New York Times Book Review"