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Author : Joanne Mattern
Release : 2000
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 840/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Travels of Ferdinand Magellan by : Joanne Mattern
Download or read book The Travels of Ferdinand Magellan written by Joanne Mattern. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.
Author : Antonio Pigafetta
Release : 2007-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 701/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522 by : Antonio Pigafetta
Download or read book The First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522 written by Antonio Pigafetta. This book was released on 2007-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Voyage around the World is also a remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation, and one that has earned its reputation among modern historiographers and students of the early contacts between Europe and the East Indies.
Author : Francis Henry Hill Guillemard
Release : 1890
Genre : Voyages around the world
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Book Synopsis The Life of Ferdinand Magellan, and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe by : Francis Henry Hill Guillemard
Download or read book The Life of Ferdinand Magellan, and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe written by Francis Henry Hill Guillemard. This book was released on 1890. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 885/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Over the Edge of the World by : Laurence Bergreen
Download or read book Over the Edge of the World written by Laurence Bergreen. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Author : S. A. Kramer
Release : 2004-08-03
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 05X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? by : S. A. Kramer
Download or read book Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? written by S. A. Kramer. This book was released on 2004-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life. Black-and-white line drawings illustrate Magellan's life and voyage, with sidebars and a time line that enhance readers' understanding of the period.
