Terra Incognita Robert Siegel talks with Rodney Broome about his book Terra Incognita, about the origins of the word America. Broome challenges the idea that the name came from the Italian ...

Terra Incognita. Essayist Rebecca Solnit, the author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost, discusses the art of falling off the map. By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz. March 2006 Issue. Share. Save.