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Stefan Zweig

Magellan

The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) is one of the most famous navigators in history-he was the first man to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, although he was killed en route in a battle in the Philippines. In this biography, Zweig brings to life the Age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era's most daring adventurers, whose astounding feats of navigation heralded the modern age.
340 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2011
Publication year
2011
Publisher
Pushkin Press
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  • Luca Ferreirahas quoted2 years ago
    nd noted with increasing astonishment how little trustworthy information there was concerning this astounding exploit. As had happened to me several times before, I found that to tell the story to others would be the best way of explaining the inexplicable to myself. Such was the origin of my book, which, I can frankly say, has come into being to my own surprise. For, in recounting this odyssey

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