{"product_id":"9780857891792","title":"This Earthly Globe : A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Robilant, Andrea di \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/08\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages, Integrated b\u0026amp;w illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857891792,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the Age of Discovery a little-known public servant in the Venetian government, Giovambattista Ramusio, anonymously assembled and edited three volumes - over two million words - that revealed our world as never before. It was, to use a current expression, the biggest Wikileak of the Renaissance. In an enthralling narrative, Andrea di Robilant brings to vivid life the man who used all his political skill, along with the help of conniving diplomats and spies, to ferret out a remarkable collection of journals, private letters and classified government reports, which, when taken together, showed how the world was much larger than anyone previously imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43364725391404,"sku":"9780857891792","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780857891792.jpg?v=1716136185","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780857891792","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}