Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

“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 500^th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.

Author: Laurence Bergreen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 07/23/2019
Pages: 512
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780062890481
Language: English