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<p>Part of the award winning Great Explorers series this book details the story of the first circumnavigation of the world. Magellan's four-year journey was marked by extremes of brilliance, courage, brutality and madness. Color paintings throughout.</p><h3>Children's Literature</h3><p>Ferdinand Magellan is best remembered for leading the first voyage around the world. This book takes readers through a fascinating tale from Magellan's early days in Portugal to his death on the shores of a Pacific island. A phenomenal map begins the book, allowing readers to trace Magellan's voyage as they read about his adventures. Author Waldman also introduces readers to the Ptolemaic map of the 1400s, in which the Indies were very close to South America. When the Portuguese king would not give Magellan a fleet to sail to the Indies, Portuguese-born Magellan went to solicit the Spanish king and was given a five-ship fleet. Throughout the book, Waldman details the bad weather, the mutinies, the illnesses, and the extraordinary length of the journey. In late 1520, Magellan's fleet traveled through the strait at the New World's southern tip. There, Magellan learned the Ptolemaic map was wrong and di

Author

Stuart Waldman; Gregory Manchess

Publisher

Distributed in North America by Firefly Books

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781931414197

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction