Straits: Beyond The Myth Of Magellan Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Shortlisted For The Duff Cooper Prize 2022A Financial Times Best History Book Of 2022 \ Rigorous Deft And Entertaining A Sparkling Read\ - Spectator\ Ride Is Thrilling Work Serious Scholarship\ Sunday Telegraph Centuries Ferdinand Magellan Has Been Celebrated As Hero: Noble Adventurer Who Circumnavigated Globe In An Extraordinary Feat Human Bravery Paragon Daring Chivalry Now Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto Draws On Extensive Meticulous Research To Conduct Dazzling Investigation Into Magellan’s Life His Character Ill-Fated Voyage He Reveals That Did Not Attempt – Much Less Accomplish Journey Around Own Lifetime Explorer Was Abhorred Traitor Reviled Tyrant Dismissed Failure Probes Passions Tensions Drove Adventure Drew Him Disaster: Pride Became Arrogance Audacity Recklessness Determination Ruthlessness Romanticism Irresponsibility Superficial Piety Adversity Irrational Exaltation Real Emerges So Too Do True Ambitions Focused Circumnavigating World Or Cornering Global Spice Market Than Exploiting Filipino Gold Offering Up Stranger Darker Even More Compelling Narrative Fictional Version Glorified Half Millennium Straits Untangles Myths Made Hero Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0704 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm