Bibliograph

Magellan, over the edge of the world, Laurence Bergreen

Type

Label

Magellan, over the edge of the world, Laurence Bergreen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 to 14

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Magellan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

926623392

Responsibility statement

Laurence Bergreen

Sub title

over the edge of the world

Summary

On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden sailors appeared on the horizon near a Spanish port. They were survivors of the first European expedition to circle the globe. Originally comprised of five ships and 260 sailors, the fleet's captain and most of its crew were dead. How did Ferdinand Magellan's voyage to circle the world -- one of the largest and best-equipped expeditions ever mounted -- turn into this ghost ship? The answer is provided in this tale of mutiny and murder spanning the entire globe, marked equally by triumph and tragedy

Table Of Contents

Major characters -- A note on dates -- Prologue: A ghostly apparition -- The quest -- The man without a country -- Neverlands -- "The church of the lawless" -- The crucible of leadership -- Castaways -- Dragon's tail -- A race against death -- A vanished empire -- The final battle -- Ship of mutineers -- Survivors -- Arrival in paradise -- Ghost ship -- After Magellan

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

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