Bibliograph

Over the edge of the world, Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe, Laurence Bergreen

Type

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Over the edge of the world, Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe, Laurence Bergreen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Over the edge of the world

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Laurence Bergreen

Sub title

Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe

Summary

The 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. 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 500th anniversary of Magellan's voyage

Target audience

adult

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