Toby Lester

About The Author

Toby Lester is the author of The Fourth Part of the World (2009) and a contributing editor to The Atlantic. A former Peace Corps volunteer and United Nations observer, he lives in the Boston area with his wife and three daughters. His work has also appeared on the radio program This American Life.

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Books by Toby Lester

Da Vinci's Ghost

Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image

By Toby Lester

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world’s most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history’s most fascinating figures.

Deftly weaving ...

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The Fourth Part of the World

An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America

By Toby Lester

“Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507.” So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.

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