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

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

<p>The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500^th anniversary of his journey.</p><p><strong>“Prodigious 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.”— <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p>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 <em>Over the Edge of the World</em>, prize-winning biographer and journalist <em>Laurence Bergreen</em> 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.</p><p>Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500^th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.</p>