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Over the edge of the world : Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe /

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Publisher's description: 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, acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, interweaving a variety of candid, fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergreen, Laurence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Morrow, [2003]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Magalhães, Fernão de, > 1480-1521 > Travel.
Magellan, Ferdinand, > -1521.
Magalhães, Fernão de, > 1480-1521
Explorers > Portugal > Biography.
Voyages around the world > History > 16th century.
Voyages autour du monde > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Explorers
Travel
Voyages around the world
Portugal
1500-1599
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book 1: In search of empire
  • The quest
  • The man without a country
  • Neverlands
  • "The church of the lawless"
  • Book 2: The edge of the world
  • The crucible of leadership
  • Castaways
  • Dragon's tail
  • A race against death
  • A vanished empire
  • The final battle
  • Book 3: Back from the dead
  • Ship of mutineers
  • Survivors
  • Et in arcadia ego
  • Ghost ship
  • After Magellan.