Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
New York : HarperCollins, 2004.
Format: Book
Edition: First Perennial edition.
Description: xvi, 458, 16 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm
The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage
"Prodigious 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
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.
Subjects:
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 -- Travel.
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521.
Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography.
Voyages around the world.
Explorers.
Travel.
Voyages around the world.
Portugal.
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 -- Travel.
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521.
Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography.
Voyages around the world.
Explorers.
Travel.
Voyages around the world.
Portugal.
ISBN:
006093638X (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Exploration Ber | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Map on endpapers.
"Perennial".
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-439), Internet addresses (pages 15-16) and index.
"Perennial".
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-439), Internet addresses (pages 15-16) and index.