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001    ocn300279775 
003    OCoLC 
005    20091031102649.0 
008    090113s2009    nyuab    b    001 0deng   
010      2009001230 
020    9781416535317 
020    1416535314 
035    (Sirsi) i9781416535317 
035    (OCoLC)300279775 
035    (Sirsi) i9781416535317 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 E18.75|b.L47 2009 
082 00 912.73|222 
100 1  Lester, Toby. 
245 14 The fourth part of the world :|bthe race to the ends of 
       the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America
       its name /|cToby Lester. 
264  1 New York :|bFree Press,|c2009. 
300    xii, 462 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-435) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part One: Old world: Matthew's maps -- Scourge of God -- 
       The description of the world -- Through the ocean sea -- 
       Seeing is believing -- Part Two: New world: Rediscovery --
       Ptolemy the wise -- The Florentine perspective -- Terrae 
       incognitae -- Into African climes -- The learned men -- 
       Cape of storms -- Colombo -- The admiral -- Christ-bearer 
       -- Amerigo -- Part Three: The whold world: Gymnasium -- 
       World without end -- Afterword -- Epilogue: The way of the
       world -- Appendix: The Stevens-Brown map. 
520    A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the
       Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, 
       classicists, merchants, and other contributors from 
       earlier periods shaped the map's creation. 
600 10 Waldseemüller, Martin,|d1470-1519. 
600 10 Paris, Matthew,|d1200-1259. 
600 10 Polo, Marco,|d1254-1323? 
650  0 World maps|xHistory. 
650  0 Cartography|xHistory. 
650  0 Voyages and travels|xHistory|yTo 1500. 
650  0 Discoveries in geography|xHistory|yTo 1500. 
650  0 Travelers' writings, European. 
651  0 America|vMaps|xHistory. 
651  0 America|xName. 
856 41 |3Sample text|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/
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856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009001230-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy0906/2009001230-d.html 
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