Toward the Setting Sun

"Offering an original vision of the race to discover America, David Boyle reveals that it was, in fact, as much about commerce and trade as it was about discovery and conquest." "The rivalry and friendship between three men in particular - Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and Amerigo Vespucci - developed into an international competition to understand the shape of the world, all within one intense generation. Their legendary stories of risk and enterprise have been told separately, but Boyle stitches them together to tell the tale of the European discovery of America as it really was - one story of friendship, imagination, betrayal, and bitter disappointment." "Toward the Setting Sun illuminates the compelling intersection of dreams and business ventures that led the way to our modern world."--BOOK JACKET.Boyle, David is the author of 'Toward the Setting Sun', published 2008 under ISBN 9780802716514 and ISBN 0802716512.