Magallanes & Co.

Magallanes & Co. - Isabel Soler - Acantilado
Publisher name: 
Acantilado
Year of publication: 
2022
Pages: 
488
Book size:
13x21cm
Binding: 
Rustic

This book narrates the most spectacular of all maritime epics, the famous first circumnavigation of the globe led by Ferdinand Magellan, whose armada set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in September 1519 and returned to the peninsula, successful but tragically diminished, three years later. . His historic feat forever changed the imago mundi that had governed Western thought for centuries, but it was also full of chiaroscuros often ignored in the official narrative. In Magallanes & Co., Isabel Soler draws on the testimonies of navigators, adventurers and merchants, as well as numerous other sources about the Moluccan enterprise, to give shape to an exhaustive and vivid account of her journey, including the fundamental eight years for his later company, which Magellan transferred to the service of the Indian navy in eastern lands. A vibrant story that will take the reader to the ti...read more

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Book: Magallanes & Co.

ISBN: 9788418370939
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