The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library
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Edward Wilson-Lee. The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Maps
Epigraph
Seville, 12 July 1539
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE
The Return from Ocean
In the Chamber of Clean Blood
The Book of Prophecies
Rites of Passage
A Knowledge of Night
A LANGUAGE OF PICTURES
Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
The World City
The Architecture of Order
An Empire of Dictionaries
AN ATLAS OF THE WORLD
The Devil in the Details
No Place Like Home
Cutting Through
The Library Without Walls
SETTING THINGS IN ORDER
Another Europe and the Same
The King of Nowhere
Last Orders
Epilogue: Ideas on the Shelf
Acknowledgements
A note on the Life and Deeds of the Admiral
Notes on Sources
Picture Section
Illustrations
Index
Also by Edward Wilson-Lee
About the Author
About the Publisher
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Title Page
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A Note on the Life and Deeds of the Admiral
Notes on Sources
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