A brilliant narrative of the interconnected lives of two Renaissance Portuguese men whose travels to India and China unseated contemporary certainties. Dazzling.
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
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Edition:Hardback978000835822804/08/2022
Categories: 02. Summer Books 2022: History, History, Summer Books 2022
Tags: China, Empires & Colonialism, Event: A History of Water, Exploration, India
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