| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Colored map on endpapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-439) and index. |
| Contents |
Book 1: In search of empire -- The quest -- The man without a country -- Neverlands -- "The church of the lawless" -- Book 2: The edge of the world -- The crucible of leadership -- Castaways -- Dragon's tail -- A race against death -- A vanished empire -- The final battle -- Book 3: Back from the dead -- Ship of mutineers -- Survivors -- Et in arcadia ego -- Ghost ship -- After Magellan. |
| Subject |
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521.
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Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography.
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Voyages around the world.
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| ISBN |
0066211735 alkaline paper |
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