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Over the Edge of the World - Abridged by Laurence Bergreen
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Over the Edge of the World - Abridged

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Narrator Laurence Bergreen

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Length 6 hours 13 minutes
Language English
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A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views about the world

In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying eighteen emaciated men. During their remarkable voyage around the world the crew endured starvation, disease, mutiny, and torture. Many men died, including Magellan, who was violently killed in a fierce battle.

This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance; a startling anthropological account of tribes, languages, and customs unknown to Europeans; and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power.

Laurence Bergreen is the bestselling author ofย Over the Edge of the World: Magellanโ€™s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe and In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. His other books includeย Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492โ€“1504; Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu; andย Voyage to Mars: NASAโ€™s Search for Life Beyond Earth. A graduate of Harvard, Bergreen lives in Manhattan.

Laurence Bergreen is the bestselling author ofย Over the Edge of the World: Magellanโ€™s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe and In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. His other books includeย Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492โ€“1504; Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu; andย Voyage to Mars: NASAโ€™s Search for Life Beyond Earth. A graduate of Harvard, Bergreen lives in Manhattan.

Audiobook details

Narrator:
Laurence Bergreen

ISBN:
9780060747787

Length:
6 hours 13 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
HarperAudio

Publication date:

Edition:
Abridged

Libro.fm rank:
#11,333 Overall

Genre rank:
#87 in Travel

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