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

by Bergreen, Laurence
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ISBN: 9780060936389
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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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bergreen, Laurence
  • ISBN: 9780060936389
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.02 x 0.88
  • Number Of Pages: 512
  • Publication Year: 2004

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