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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Paperback
$29.00
by Laurence Bergreen (Author)
"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.
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe is a narrative history by Laurence Bergreen, an American historian and biographer known for works on exploration, science, and the early modern world. First published in 2003, the book draws on contemporary journals, royal correspondence, and the account of Antonio Pigafetta, the Venetian scholar who sailed with the expedition and left the fullest surviving record of the voyage.
The book follows Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet of five ships as it left Spain in 1519 under orders from Charles I to find a western route to the Spice Islands. It traces the mutiny in Patagonia, the passage through the strait that now bears Magellan’s name, the crossing of the Pacific, the killing of Magellan in the Philippines in 1521, and the return of a single ship, the Victoria, under Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522—the first circumnavigation of the globe. Bergreen examines the politics of the Spanish and Portuguese courts, the conditions aboard ship, encounters with peoples along the route, and the human cost of a voyage that proved the world could be sailed around.
Sovereign Archive Publishing is proud to offer this account of the first voyage around the world. Over the Edge of the World remains essential reading for those studying the Age of Discovery, Magellan’s expedition, and the opening of global sea routes in the sixteenth century.
Number of Pages: 512
Dimensions: 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 23, 2019