Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
Books by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan is historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's takedown of the Portuguese explorer whose disastrous expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
"Our aim is to see the world whole with objectivity hard to attain for humans trapped in our own history.” Thus the authors of The Oxford Illustrated History of the World explain the aim of the book, which includes contributions from a group of eminent historians and covers 200,000 years or, to put it another way, the whole of human history.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World is an ambitious book, and not a light read: it's for history fans who really want to know what happened down the ages. As one would expect, not all the authors agree and there is room for different interpretations. That said, the wonderful illustrations, for example of the 35,000-year old mammoth ivory carving of a woman's body, mean its appeal is far greater than just academic. Read this and you can tell your friends that you know the whole of human history, which hopefully will impress them.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto spoke to Five Books about the best books on global history.
Interviews with Felipe Fernández-Armesto
The best books on Global History, recommended by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Embracing global history allows us to see humans with a much clearer perspective. Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto introduces us to some of the trailblazing books in the field, starting in the 2nd century BCE.
