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So noble a captain : the life and times of Ferdinand Magellan /

Three years after our own continent was discovered, a Portuguese by the name of Ferdinand Magellan began an extraordinary career of exploration. His voyage accomplished what Columbus had planned, and perhaps no voyage in history is more dramatic and exciting. Powerful political interests were behind...

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Main Author: Parr, Charles McKew.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crowell, [1953]
Subjects and Genres:
Magalhães, Fernão de, > 1480-1521.
1500-1599
Voyages and travels > 16th century.
Voyages > 16e siècle.
Voyages and travels.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Portugal and the Magellans
  • Part one : Childhood and early voyages. Childhood and background
  • Boyhood and preparation
  • The Atlantic
  • The Indian Ocean
  • The Arabian Sea
  • The Strait of Malacca
  • The China Sea
  • Part two : Princes, prelates, and profits. Home is the sailor
  • Jakob Fugger
  • Cristobal de Haro
  • Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca
  • Charles of Ghent
  • Magalhãis becomes Magallanes
  • Yo el Rey
  • Part three : So noble a captain. Shores of Brazil
  • Uruguay and the Argentine
  • The Strait of Magellan
  • The Pacific Ocean
  • The Philippines
  • Aftermath
  • Appendix.

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