Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Brossura

Bergreen, Laurence

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ISBN 10: 0062890484 ISBN 13: 9780062890481

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2019

Riassunto

“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review

The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.

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.

Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500^th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Laurence Bergreen is the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe and In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. His other books include Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492–1504; Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu; and Voyage to Mars: NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth. A graduate of Harvard, Bergreen lives in Manhattan.

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In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, armed with five ships and about 260 men, set sail from Spain in search of a water route to the West Indies. Despite suffering starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan. In the masterful telling of award-winning historian Laurence Bergreen, one of the most epic voyages of the age of exploration comes to life.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0062890484
• ISBN 13: 9780062890481
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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