Straits [electronic resource] : Beyond the Myth of Magellan
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto2022
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'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator
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For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble
adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human
bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry.
Now historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto draws on extensive and meticulous
research to conduct a dazzling investigation into Magellan's life, his character
and his ill-fated voyage. He reveals that Magellan did not attempt - much less
accomplish - a journey around the globe, and that in his own lifetime, the
explorer was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a
failure.
Fernández-Armesto probes the passions and tensions that drove Magellan to
adventure and drew him to disaster: the pride that ...
Main title:
Straits [electronic resource] : Beyond the Myth of Magellan / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Author:
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (384)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781526632098
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
437473
Electronic access:
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