Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen

Descriere Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen

\n \nThe riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage--now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey.\n \nProdigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.-- New York Times Book Review\n \nFerdinand 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.\n \nNow updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of Magellan's voyage.\n

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William Morrow & Company

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ENSTK

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9780062890481

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1

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