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Straits Beyond the Myth of Magellan 1st Edition by Felipe Fernández Armesto ISBN 0520383362 9780520383364

Name: Straits Beyond the Myth of Magellan 1st Edition by Felipe Fernández Armesto ISBN 0520383362 9780520383364
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Author(s): Felipe Fernández Armesto

Edition: 1

File Details: EPUB, 13.58 MB

Year: 2022

Language: english

SKU: EB-42578660 Category: Biography & Autobiography - Historical Tag: Felipe Fernández Armesto

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ISBN 10: 0520383362
ISBN 13: 9780520383364
Author: Felipe Fernández Armesto

An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about Magellan’s life, his character, and the events of his ill-fated voyage offers up a stranger, darker, and even more compelling narrative than the fictional version that has been celebrated for half a millennium.Magellan did not attempt—much less accomplish—a journey around the globe. In his lifetime he was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant, self-condemned to destruction, and dismissed as a failure. Straits untangles the myths that made Magellan a hero and discloses the reality of the man, probing the passions and tensions that drove him to adventure and drew him to…

Straits Beyond the Myth of Magellan 1st Edition Table of contents:

Introduction: Navigating the Legend
The Making of a Myth
Portugal and the Roots of Exploration
Magellan’s Early Life and Ambitions
A Captain in Conflict: The Politics of Command
Sailing West: The Voyage Begins
Crossing the Atlantic and South America’s Southern Edge
The Passage: Discovery of the Strait
Across the Pacific: Survival and Starvation
Clash and Contact in the Philippines
Death in Mactan: The Hero Falls
Aftermath and Return: The Voyage Continues Without Magellan
Reputation, Reinvention, and Imperial Propaganda
Mythmaking in the Age of Empire
Conclusion: Straits of Memory and Misunderstanding

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