Straits : beyond the myth of Magellan
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe2022
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For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Now, renowned historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto draws on extensive and meticulous research to conduct a dazzling investigation into Magellan's life, his character and his ill-fated voyage. He shows that Magellan did not attempt - much less accomplish - a journey around the globe, and that in his own lifetime, the explorer was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a failure. He probes the passions and tensions that drove Magellan to adventure and drew him to disaster: the pride that became arrogance, daring that became recklessness, determination that became ruthlessness, romanticism that became irresponsibility, and superficial piety that became, in adversity, irrational exaltation.
Straits : beyond the myth of Magellan / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Fernández-Armesto, Felipe, author
London : Bloomsbury, 2022.
368 pages ; 24 cm
9781526632081 (hbk)
910.92BMAG
English
Straits : beyond the myth of MagellanStraits : beyond the myth of Magellan
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