Over the Edge of the World: Magellan'S Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe [Audiobook] download free by Laurence Bergreen
- Listen audiobook: Over the Edge of the World: Magellan'S Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- Author: Laurence Bergreen
- Release date: 2004/12/29
- Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780060936389
- Rating: 8.43 of 10
- Votes: 589
- Review by: Ben Maher
- Review rating: 8.29 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/4
- Duration: 6H25M18S in 256 kbps (102.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-25
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WMA, FLAC, OGG, WAV, MP3, AC3 (compression RPM, AZW, RAR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 512
- Includes a PDF summary of 53 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 40M40S (10.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage-now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey.'Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.'- New York Times Book ReviewFerdinand 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 500th anniversary of Magellan's voyage.
- Other categories, genre or collection: General & World History, Historical Geography, Geographical Discovery & Exploration, Biography: General, Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Guidebooks, Biography: Historical, Political & Military
- Download servers: Dropbox, OpenDrive, Microsoft OneDrive, 4Shared, Uploaded, FileServe, IDrive. Compressed in RPM, AZW, RAR, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 19.13 USD
- Dimensions: 135.64x203.71x22.35mm
- Weight: 417.3g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, NY, United States
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