Toby Lester

3.81 of 5 Votes: 3

url

https://booksminority.net/toby-lester

gender

male

website

http://www.tobylester.com

genres

History & Biography

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Books by Toby Lester

The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name (2009)

language

English

4.01 of 5 Votes: 4

review 1: Fascinating. If you are interested in cartography and history this book has a lot to offer. How did the ancients see the world? How did explorations lead to changes in those views? These questions are answered in great detail. Academic, scholarly writings have a tendency to ...

Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image (2012)

language

English

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

review 1: Lester seeks to connect, as firmly as possible, Da Vinci to Vitruvius (1st century B.C. architect and author of De Architectura) and his ideas on proportion. The enduring idea is that man can be used as a blueprint toward understanding the nature of all things through proportion...

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