Over the Edge of the World, Updated Edition: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Over the Edge of the World, Updated Edition: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Laurence Bergreen
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:512
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 135
Category/GenreWorld history
Expeditions
ISBN/Barcode 9780062890481
ClassificationsDewey:B
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint HarperCollins
Publication Date 23 July 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

"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 Biography

Laurence Bergreen is the author of the highly acclaimed biographies Capone: The Man and his Era, As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin, James Agee: A Life and Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life.

Reviews

"A marvelous piece of scholarship" -- New Zealand Herald