The title, while referring to something real, is misleading. This is a biography of a bibliophile who lived in interesting times. I was bought this book as a present because my research interests cover the history of knowledge. However, this doesn't come across as an information studies book. I struggled to draw a thread through Colón's life that added to my understanding of human interaction with recorded knowledge. The author is an expert on the Renaissance and I learned a lot about this period in Spain. His observations are largely consistent with my own understanding of knowledge in this era but I didn't get a picture of the age from a knowledge perspective: how the printing press, reformation and opening up of the world changed the way the literate world interacted with recorded information. Still, if you want to learn more about Renaissance Western Europe, it could be a good place to start.