Description
| Product ID: | 9780571243785 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Venetian Navigators |
| Subtitle: | The Mystery of the Voyages of the Zen Brothers |
| Authors: | Author: Andrea di Robilant |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends, Geographical discovery and exploration, Expeditions: popular accounts, Geographical discovery & exploration, Expeditions, The Americas, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolò and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolò and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. The story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe, from the workshop of the great cartographer Mercator to the court of Elizabeth I. For centuries, the brothers were international celebrities, until, in 1835, the story was denounced as a ''tissue of lies'' and the Zens faded into oblivion. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-04-05 |
