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Magellan : over the edge of the world : the true story of the terrifying first circumnavigation of the globe / Laurence Bergreen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2017]Description: xii, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626721203
  • 1626721203
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Major characters -- A note on dates -- Prologue: A ghostly apparition -- The quest -- The man without a country -- Neverlands -- "The church of the lawless" -- The crucible of leadership -- Castaways -- Dragon's tail -- A race against death -- A vanished empire -- The final battle -- Ship of mutineers -- Survivors -- Arrival in paradise -- Ghost ship -- After Magellan.
Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Magalhae F. B499 Available 33111009543683
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A middle-grade adaptation of Laurence Bergreen's adult bestseller, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe.

On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden sailors appeared on the horizon near a Spanish port. They were survivors of the first European expedition to circle the globe. Originally comprised of five ships and 260 sailors, the fleet's captain and most of its crew were dead. How did Ferdinand Magellan's voyage to circle the world--one of the largest and best-equipped expeditions ever mounted--turn into this ghost ship? The answer is provided in this thoroughly researched tale of mutiny and murder spanning the entire globe, marked equally by triumph and tragedy. Thrilling, grisly, and completely true, Magellan: Over the Edge of the World tells a story that not only marks a turning point in history, but also resonates powerfully with the present.

Children's adaptation of author's work entitled: Over the edge of the world.

"A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.

Major characters -- A note on dates -- Prologue: A ghostly apparition -- The quest -- The man without a country -- Neverlands -- "The church of the lawless" -- The crucible of leadership -- Castaways -- Dragon's tail -- A race against death -- A vanished empire -- The final battle -- Ship of mutineers -- Survivors -- Arrival in paradise -- Ghost ship -- After Magellan.

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