Description: A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, "Amerigo" is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians who spins a grand narrative full of character and story. 4 maps.
Review Quotes: "An imaginative, intelligent and sprightly volume that, in the space of some two hundred pages, races through the history of the Western hemisphere-from prehistoric times to the present."
-The Washington Post Book World
-The Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Fernández-Armesto can personalize broad historical trends without sinking into triviality. . . . History written at its best." -Booklist