num_pages: 458
description: “A first-rate historical page turner.” — New York Times Book Review The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World , prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself. Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500 th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.
language: English
title: Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
titlecomplete: Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
characters: Lapu Lapu, Magellan
genres: Historical, Biography, Adventure, European History, Science, Nonfiction, World History, Travel, Maritime, History
ratings_count: 16183
publisher: Mariner Books