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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.
Synopsis:
A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages, a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, and more, this captivating tale rivals the most exciting thriller fiction.
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.
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A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages, a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, and more, this captivating tale rivals the most exciting thriller fiction.
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