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Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
by Laurence Bergreen
ISBN: 0066211735
ISBN-13: 9780066211732
Format: Hardcover
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"[A] first-rate historical page turner." -- W. Jeffrey Bolster
-- New York Times Book Review
"Laurence Bergreen tells this gripping story with verve and vigor....[A] subtle and nuanced account of one of the greatest voyages in history." -- Andrew Taylor
-- Literary Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.85 pounds
Pages: 416
Publisher's Notes
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, acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, interweaving a variety of candid, first-person accounts, some previously unavailable in English, brings to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed many long-held views about the world and the way explorers would henceforth navigate its oceans. In 1519 Magellan and his fleet set sail from Seville, Spain, to find a water route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Most important, they were looking for a passageway, a strait, through the great landmass of the Americas that would lead them to these fabled islands. Laurence Bergreen takes readers on board with Magellan and his crew as they explore, navigate, mutiny, suffer, and die across the seas. He also recounts the many unusual sexual practices the crew experienced, from orgies in Brazil to bizarre customs in the South Pacific. With a fleet of five ships and more than two hundred men, they had set out in search of the Spice Islands. Three years later they returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying eighteen emaciated men. They suffered starvation, disease, and torture, and many died, including Magellan, who was violently killed in a fierce battle. A man of great tenacity, cunning, and courage, Magellan was full of contradictions. He was both heroic and foolish, insightful yet blind, a visionary whose instincts outran his ideals. Ambitious to a fault and not above using torture and murder to maintain control of his ships and sailors, he survived innumerable natural hazards in addition to several violent mutinies aboard his own fleet -- and it took no less than the massed forces of fifteen hundred men to kill him. This is the first time in nearly half a century that anyone has attempted to narrate the complete story of Magellan's unprecedented circumnavigation of the globe -- to tell this truly gripping and profoundly important story of heroism, discovery, and disaster. A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance, an anthropological account of tribes, languages, and customs unknown to Europeans, and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, Over the Edge of the World is a captivating tale that rivals the most exciting thriller fiction.
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OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Bergreen, Laurence
William Morrow. Very Good with no DJ; No dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 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, acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, interweaving a variety of candid, first-person accounts, some previously unavailable in English, brings to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed many long-held views about the world and the way explorers would henceforth navigate its oceans. </p><p>In 1519 Magellan and his fleet set sail from Seville, Spain, to find a water route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Most important, they were looking for a passageway, a strait, through the great landmass of the Americas that would lead them to these fabled islands. Laurence Bergreen takes readers on board with Magellan and his crew as they explore, navigate, mutiny, suffer, and die across the seas. He also recounts the many unusual sexual practices the crew experienced, from orgies in Brazil to bizarre customs in the South Pacific. With a fleet of five ships and more than two hundred men, they had set out in search of the Spice Islands. Three years later they returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying eighteen emaciated men. They suffered starvation, disease, and torture, and many died, including Magellan, who was violently killed in a fierce battle. </p><p>A man of great tenacity, cunning, and courage, Magellan was full of contradictions. He was both heroic and foolish, insightful yet blind, a visionary whose instincts outran his ideals. Ambitious to a fault and not above using torture and murder to maintain control of his ships and sailors, he survived innumerable natural hazards in addition to several violent mutinies aboard his own fleet -- and it took no less than the massed forces of fifteen hundred men to kill him. </p><p>This is the first time in nearly half a century that anyone has attempted to narrate the complete story of Magellan's unprecedented circumnavigation of the globe -- to tell this truly gripping and profoundly important story of heroism, discovery, and disaster. A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance, an anthropological account of tribes, languages, and customs unknown to Europeans, and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, <i>Over the Edge of the World</i> is a captivating tale that rivals the most exciting thriller fiction. </p>; 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches; 480 pages . ( more information) Offered by Cranberry Book Barn (United States)
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OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: MAGELLAN'S TERRIFYING CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE
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New York: Morrow, HarperCollins, 2003. Light blue paper-covered boards, black spine. Black illustrated DUST JACKET. 458 pages, including Notes, Bibliography, & Index. Section of plates. Clean, sound, unmarked. Dj minimally worn at top of spine, otherwise sound, clean, bright. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Octavo. ( more information) Offered by Windrush Books (United States)
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William Morrow. Used - Like New. Hardcover no dj. Like new; no internal markings; has lost its "Brand New" shine but no obvious defects. Dj nearly fine. No remainder mark; no ownership markings; never part of an institution's collection. In sealed plastic protection. 2003. Hardcover no dj. ( more information) Offered by BookZone U.S.A. (United States)
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Bergreen,Laurence
Very Fine/Very Fine DJ,not price clipped (27.95). end page map. Explorers William Morrow & Co 2003 1st edition. hardcover. 458 pages., 1st edition,1st printing with no markings or notes. Remainder slash at bottom edge. 1st edition,like New! ( more information) Offered by Enterprise Books (United States)
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Fine in Fine DJ with no cuts,tears or nicks.Not clipped (27.95). portraits,maps(in color) Exploration Morrow 2003 1st edition. hardcover. 458 pages., 1st edition,1st printing with no markings.Not remaindered.No names. Square,tight and very clean. ( more information) Offered by Enterprise Books (United States)
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