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

Author(s): Laurence Bergreen

History

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.


"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.


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

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General Fields

  • : 9780062890481
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • : 45359200.0
  • : June 2019
  • : 1.153 Inches X 5.312 Inches X 8 Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Laurence Bergreen
  • : Paperback
  • : 1908
  • : English
  • : 512