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

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

Laurence Bergreen

512 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
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In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain in search of valuable spices; he brought along a fleet of five ships and more than two hundred men. When the expedition returned home three years later, the fleet was reduced to one ship and...

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