The Guinness Book of Records, 1492: World 500 Years Ago

by Geoffrey V. Scammell (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.24

  The publishers have varied their familiar Guinness Book of Records format to take the reader on a journey back through time and create a factual record of the world of 500 years ago. Illustrated with images of the period, the book reveals the world as it was in 1492 for commoners and kings, from the Incas to the Italians and from India to the Indies. It includes details of features such as the world's largest bureaucracy, the largest fortress, the tallest tower and highest dome, and other topics include wind-powered tanks, the origin of words like artichoke, scrabble and marmalade, and the location of the longest siege and the greatest massacre.