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

ISBN: 006093638X

Author: Bergreen, Laurence

Condition: New

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellans historic 60,000-mile ocean voyageProdigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.- New York Times Book ReviewFerdinand 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.

• Paperback with ocean and sailing vessel scene. 458 pages