1493

Almost mind-boggling in its scope, enthusiasm and erudition [it] is a history of globalisation before the term had been invented … Ranging freely across time and space, Mann’s book is full of compelling stories … A tremendously provocative, learned and surprising read – Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *Journalist Charles Mann chronicles how Christopher Columbus’ second New World expedition in 1493 triggered a global upheaval … Drawing on new research, Mann reframes the past 500 years to riveting effect * Nature *Erudite and eye-opening history reveals how Europe’s discovery of the Americas revolutionised life on earth * Sunday Times *1493 soars with majestic ambition * Guardian *1492 was the Year Zero of globalisation, and 1493 was Year One … It has been a thrilling and frequently catastrophic ride for humankind ever since, and science writer Charles C Mann’s excitement never flags as he tells his breathtaking story * Financial Times *Charles Mann gives us the version of the Columbian outcome that our era calls for – Timothy Brook * Literary Review *Cheerfully eclectic rather than doctrinaire… The value of 1493 stems from its lively and diligent accounts of the course of history – Robin Blackburn * Guardian *Mann’s study is almost global in its sweep and size * Sunday Herald *

Charles Mann is the co-author of four books, including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th Century Physics and the bestselling 1491. He is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and Science magazines, and editorial co-ordinator for the internationally best-selling Material World books. He lives in Massachusetts.