#163 – Melzi (Leonardo 51)
While he was in Milan in 1507, Leonardo met a 14 year old boy. Leo became his guardian, teacher, adoptive father, and employer. And it’s because of that boy, Francesco Melzi, that we have Leonardo’s notebooks.
#162 – Arrivederci Florence (Leonardo 50)
When his father died, he left nothing to Leonardo, his bastard son. This, among other things, drove Leonardo to leave Florence for the second and final time.
#161 – Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo 49)
#160 – Wart Salt – Leonardo #48
Leonardo had always dreamed of putting is hydraulic engineering ideas into practice. In 1503, he finally got his chance. In the process, he invented something that is still used to this very day around the world.
#159 – War Is Hell – Leonardo #47
Leonardo gets sent to Borgia as a peace offering. He’s 50 and famous and finally going to get the business card he always wanted – MILITARY ENGINEER. But for a genius, he apparently hadn’t figured out that war is hell.
#158 – Aut Caesar Aut Nihil – Leonardo #46
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