Straits - Beyond the Myth of Magellan

Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto | 2022 | ISBN: 0520383362 | English | 380 pages | ePUB | 13 MB

An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan.

With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about Magellan’s life, his character, and the events of his ill-fated voyage offers up a stranger, darker, and even more compelling narrative than the fictional version that has been celebrated for half a millennium.