num_pages: 438
description: 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, 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.
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: Adventure, Historical, History, Travel, Maritime, European History, World History, Biography, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16182
publisher: Perennial / HarperCollins