Straits: Beyond The Myth Of Magellan

Straits: Beyond The Myth Of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto


ISBN
9781526632074
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
368
Dimensions
153 x 234mm

A dazzling investigation into the life and character of Ferdinand Magellan, by renowned historian Felipe Fern indez-Armesto

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 Fern indez-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. And as the real Magellan emerges, so to do his real ambitions, focused less on circumnavigating the world or cornering the global spice market than on exploiting Filipino gold.
Offering up a stranger, darker and even more compelling narrative than the fictional version that has been glorified for half a millennium, Straits untangles the myths that made Magellan a hero.
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