Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America

By David Boyle

Book Overview

The untold story of the rivalries and alliances between Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot during the Age of Exploration. When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802716512
• ISBN13: 9780802716514
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

News Flash-World is Round!

Maps would have been very helpful. Otherwise, well written. Do you know where Recife is? Or the Plate River? I thought so.

Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America

Every American should read this book! David Boyle puts together an amazing story woven with facts and written with elegant style.There is so much to learn in this book from this time period. David has a unique way of plunking you right in the thick of things. Just wonderful writing. Debby deMoulpied