PART IV.. _the Discovery of the World and of Man._

THE DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN.

CHAPTER I.

JOURNEYS OF THE ITALIANS.

Columbus 286

Cosmographical purpose in travel 287

CHAPTER II.

NATURAL SCIENCE IN ITALY.

Empirical tendency of the nation 289

Dante and astronomy 290

Attitude of the Church towards natural science 290

Influence of Humanism 291

Botany and gardens 292

Zoology and collections of foreign animals 293

Human menagerie of Ippolito Medici 296