Over the Edge of the World · Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

Over the Edge of the World · Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Authors
Bergreen, Laurence
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Tags
travel , naval , biography , civilization , history , adventure , geography , non-fiction , special interest , world
ISBN
9780061633966
Date
2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.52 MB
Lang
en
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Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in "Over the Edge of the World," prize-winning biographer and journalist "Laurence Bergreen" entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.