This Earthly Globe

During the Age of Discovery, Giovambattista Ramusio, a relatively obscure Venetian public servant, secretly compiled an extensive collection of journals, letters, and government reports that revealed a much larger world than previously known. Andrea di Robilant vividly recounts how Ramusio used political acumen and covert alliances with diplomats and spies to uncover this groundbreaking information, making it akin to a Renaissance-era Wikileak.