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  • Magellan

    A Man and his Deed

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Translated by Robert Nusbaum ...
    With the age of voyages of discovery in the 15th century, the curtain of history slowly came down on the late Middle Ages. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers set out to remeasure the dimensions of the earth. Numerous spices and fruits, which we would hardly be able to do without today, found their way to Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America in 1492 on his quest for India. Six years ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Over the Edge of the World

    Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

    by Laurence Bergreen ...
    “A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe during the Age of Discovery was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition, prize-winning biographer ... Read more

    $16.49 USD

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  • The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

    by Christopher Columbus ...
    Translated by J. Cohen ...
    No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Last Voyage of Columbus

    Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane, and Discovery

    by Martin Dugard ...
    This account of the explorer's disgrace, imprisonment, and desperate, final expedition "breathes life into that futile, unquenchable, 500-year-old dream" ( San Francisco Chronicle).#1 New York Times –Bestselling AuthorThe year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Magellan: Conqueror of the Seas

    by Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul ...
    Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), the first to circumnavigate the globe, sailed on behalf of the Spanish monarch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and discovered the straights that now bear his name and the Philippines.“Magellan is written in a tone of astonished wonder... a persuasive and crisp portrait of Magellan... Stefan Zweig brings the story of Magellan to life.” — ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Terra Australis Incognita

    The Spanish Quest for the mysterious Great South Land

    by Miriam Estensen ...
    In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Vaes de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait and very possibly the first European to sight the east coast of Australia.Terra Australis Incognita focuses new light on ... Read more

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  • Magellan

    Over the Edge of the World

    by Laurence Bergreen ...
    A "richly researched and highly readable" young-adult adaptation of Laurence Bergreen's bestseller about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe ( School Library Journal).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. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Columbus in the Americas

    by William Least Heat-Moon ...
    Series Book 4 - Turning Points in History
    A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy"They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold."With these portentous words, Christopher Columbus described one of his first encounters with Native Americans ... Read more

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  • Christopher Columbus

    by Ernle Bradford ...
    The "outstanding" biography of the Italian navigator and explorer from the bestselling author of The Great Siege ( The New York Times) .Christopher Columbus, credited with discovering America in 1492, was a great explorer who forever changed the world—but his iconic image obscures a far more complex and fascinating life story. Born Cristoforo Colombo, the son of a weaver from Genoa, he renounced ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Before 1492, the Portuguese Discovery of America

    by John D. Irany ...
    BEFORE 1492 presents a compelling argument, based upon known historical facts and reasonable scientific deductions, that Portuguese mariners discovered America at least a decade before Columbus set sail on the Santa María, Pinta and Niña.The primary evidence for this theory is a map, now on permanent display at the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington. The map - - called the Waldseemüller map - ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Historical Journeys of Celebrated Navigators

    by Jules Verne, Alaric Larkwell ...
    Translated by Dora Leigh, N. D'Anvers ...
    In THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS, Jules Verne turns from imagined voyages to the documentary romance of real exploration, gathering the feats of celebrated navigators into a sweeping history of maritime discovery. Richly illustrated and written with his characteristic lucidity, the work combines geographical exactitude, narrative momentum, and nineteenth-century confidence in scientific progress. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magellan

    The First Circumnavigation of the Globe

    by 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Ferdinand Magellan in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Ferdinand Magellan. In early modern Europe, maritime exploration was hugely important as different countries vied for control of the lucrative spice trade. In 1519, the Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand ... Read more

    $13.41 USD or Free with Kobo Plus