Summary: In '1492 - The Year Our World Began', historian and author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto traces the birth of the modern age back to a single year, 1492; analysing the events that would unfold and change the world forever. The distribution of global power and wealth; the divergance of major religions and civilisations, and even events that would change the ecological system of the planet, Fernandez-Armesto shows how 1492 was one of the most pivitol years in human history.
