Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. In Over the Edge of the World, prizewinning 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 explorer would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.