The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe, 1480-1521.
Series: The World's great explorers and explorations
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Magalhães, Fernão de, d. 1521.; Voyages around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1890 ed.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introductory; title: 2. Early Life and Indian Service; title: 3. Service with Albuquerque and in Morocco – Denaturalisation; title: 4. Magellan’s Project and its Adoption by Charles V; title: 5. Preparations for the Voyage; title: 6. The Last Voyage. I. South-east America and the Mutiny in Port St. Julian; title: 7. The Last Voyage. II. The Discovery of the Strait; title: 8. The Last Voyage. III. The Passage of the Strait; title: 9. The Last Voyage. IV. The Ladrones and the Philippine Islands; title: 10. The Last Voyage. V. Battle of Mactan and Death of Magellan; title: 11. The Last Voyage. VI. Arrival at the Moluccas and Return to Spain; title: 12. The Last Voyage. VII. The Fate of the “Trinidad”; title: Appendices