Magellan · Over the Edge of the World

Magellan · Over the Edge of the World
Authors
Bergreen, Laurence
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Tags
history , biography , adventure , travel
Date
2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
29.85 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.