Panel Discussion With John Hessler, Christine Johnson & Nicolas Wey Gomez May 14, 2009

The difficulties in researching and interpreting Renaissance texts and maps will be the subject of a Books and Beyond author discussion. The panelists, who come from a cross-disciplinary range of backgrounds, will discuss their various attitudes and theoretical approaches to the practice of Renaissance history and its relation to the 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemuller.