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Loading... Magellan (original 1992; edition 1992)by Tim Joyner
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 5796. Magellan, by Tim Joyner (read 14 Jul 2022) This a carefully researched biography of Ferdinand Magellan, who was born in Portugal between 1470 and 1480 and died in 1521 while fighting on behalf of an ally in the Philippines. The account of the trials he and his men went through are gruesome indeed and seem almost unendurable. But some 21 of the crew which left Spain Sept 21, 1519, returned to Spain on Sep 6, 1521, being the first humans to have sailed around the earth. The account of the fierce sufferings they went through are mind-boggling. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In this stirring account of an epic voyage beset by shipwreck, desertions, scurvy, and hunger, (Magellan) emerges as an all-too-human hero who tested the limits of the possible.--Publishers Weekly. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)910.92History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel History, geographic treatment, biography - Discovery. exploration Geographers, travellers, explorers regardless of country of originLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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