Baldassare Castiglione wrote The Courtier during the Renaissance which described courtly conduct for the nobles of Italy. This is where we get the term Renaissance man.
Because that is were the native americans traveled to
The greatest flaw in Columbus' plan to reach Asia by sailing west was that "<span>a. He greatly underestimated the circumference of the earth and did not know about the existence of the continents of North and South America," since this was why when he landed in the New World he actually thought he had reached India. </span>
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote <em>The Prince </em>as a guide to success in 2. politics. The book provides advice to a ruling individual in Italy. The book itself provided a very cynical outlook on rulership with the most famous line being (paraphrased) "it is better to be feared than loved."
