Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe
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Published:
New York : Perennial, 2004, c2003.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Perennial ed.
Physical Desc:
xvi, 458, 16 pages : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
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Description
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. 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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East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
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Language:
English
ISBN:
006093638X
Notes
General Note
Colored map on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-439).
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APA Citation (style guide)
Bergreen, L. (20042003). Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe. 1st Perennial ed. New York, Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence. 20042003. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. New York, Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence, Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. New York, Perennial, 20042003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. 1st Perennial ed. New York, Perennial, 20042003.
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