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Over the Edge of the World, Updated Edition

Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

Author: Laurence Bergreen  

Over the Edge of the World, Updated Edition
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"Features a new introduction on the 500th anniversary of the voyage"--Cover.

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"Features a new introduction on the 500th anniversary of the voyage"--Cover.

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“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review

The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.

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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“"A marvelous piece of scholarship" -- New Zealand Herald”

"A marvelous piece of scholarship" -- New Zealand Herald

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About the Author

Laurence Bergreen is the author of the highly acclaimed biographies Capone: The Man and his Era, As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin, James Agee: A Life and Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life.

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In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, armed with five ships and about 260 men, set sail from Spain in search of a water route to the West Indies. Despite suffering starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan. In the masterful telling of award-winning historian Laurence Bergreen, one of the most epic voyages of the age of exploration comes to life.

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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc | HarperCollins
Published
23rd July 2019
Pages
512
ISBN
9780062890481

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