E-grāmata: Hernando Colon's New World of Books: Toward a Cartography of Knowledge

This book is a triumph of interdisciplinary work, one that does justice to the multiplicity of interests and concerns that animated Colón and his grand ventureWe can be thankful that we have such expert guides as Pérez Fernįndez and Wilson-Lee to reconstruct what we have lost and to open up the wondrous world of Hernando Colón.Arthur der Weduwen, Library & Information History

A terrific book. The product of a longstanding cooperation between these two accomplished authors, combining meticulous research with deep and original thought.Andrew Pettegree, University of St. Andrews

Detective story, biography, and curiosity, this groundbreaking book shows how the library of the entrepreneur and theorist of knowledge, Hernando Colón, was central to the Renaissance aspiration to comprehensive understanding.Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex

This deeply researched study reconstructs Hernando Colóns remarkable libraryits manuscript and printed books, maps, ephemera, mercantile records, and epitomes, its millenarian imperial motives, and innovative methods of information management.Ann Blair, Harvard University

This interdisciplinary study shines new light on the transnational formation of the Biblioteca Hernandina as well as on early modern globalization, history of the book, library science, and transcultural relations.Anne J. Cruz, University of Miami

This fascinating, evocative reconstruction of Hernando Colón's world-encompassing library by Pérez Fernįndez and Wilson-Lee conjures vividly, for today´s readers, one of the early modern era's most exciting spaces.Felipe Fernįndez-Armesto, University of Notre Dame