Ferdinand Magellan and the Quest to Circle the Globe
- ISBN-10
- 1438102402
- ISBN-13
- 9781438102405
- Category
- Biography
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- William H. Goetzmann, Samuel Willard Crompton
Description
Magellan set out in 1519 with five ships to find a passage through the Americas. Such a passage, if it existed, would allow Spanish ships to follow a westward route to the East Indies. After months of fruitless searching, Magellan eventually found a narro
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