In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan took five ships and 200 men on an epic journey around the world on behalf of Spain. Readers can follow the world's first circumnavigation by sail through a passage of disease, starvation and death.
Presents a comprehensive study of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his quest to find the Spice Islands of the Far East and to circumnavigate the globe.
An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who found a passage for ships to sail west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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