Over the Edge of the World

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出版社: HarperCollins
2003-11
ISBN: 9780066211732
定价: 261.10
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 480页
正文语种: 英语
  • Theastonishingtaleofthefirstseavoyagetocircumnavigatetheentireglobe.Magellan’sdramaticmaritimeexpeditionin1519discoveredthestraitsthatenabledEuropetotradewiththeEasternspiceislandsandchangedthecourseofhistory.
    InaneraofintensecommercialrivalrybetweenSpainandPortugal,FerdinandMagellan,aPortuguesenavigatorsailedtoexploretheundiscoveredpartsoftheworldandclaimthemfortheSpanishcrowninoneofthelargestandbest-equippedexpeditionsevermountedintheAgeofDiscovery.Yetofthefleetoffivevesselsunderhiscommand,onlyVictoriawastoreturntoSpainafterthreeharrowingyears,hercaptainmurdered,morethantwohundredofhersailorsdeadfromscurvy,torture,executionanddrowning,andasmall,ravagedcrewthatsurvivedtotelltheextraordinarilydramaticstory.
    Whatemergedwasataleofmutiny,oforgiesondistantshores,ofclaimsofcannibalism,ofdeathanddisease,ofmissionaryzealandbasecruelty,andofincrediblediscoveries:theearthwasindeedround,theAmericaswerenotpartofIndia,theearthwascoveredmainlybyoceans,andanewroutethatallowedEuropeaccesstothefantasticwealthoftheEasternspiceislands.Indeed,despitethedevastatinglossoflifeandvessels,theVictoriasailedbackladenwithenoughclovesandotherspicesfortheexpeditiontobeconsideredaremarkablefinancialsuccess.
    AccomplisheddespitethefactthatEuropeanmarinerswereexploringaworldthatwasunmappedandmisunderstood,wheresuperstitionheldswayandtherewererealfearsthatyoucouldliterallysailovertheedgeoftheworld,thatseamonsterslurkedinthebrinydepths,orthatifyoupassedtheequator,theoceanwouldboilandscaldyoutodeath,thiswasatrulyspectacularachievement.
    TheshockinglyexplicitdiariesofAntonioPigafettarevealmuchofthestory.Thisisamany-layeredbook–avoyageintohistory,atouroftheworldasitwasemergingfromtheMiddleAgesintotheRenaissance,ananthropologicalaccountofexotictribesandachronicleofadesperategrabforpoliticalandcommercialpower.Itisalsoagrippingadventurestory,compellingandfullofsuspenseanddrama.
  • 内容简介:
    Theastonishingtaleofthefirstseavoyagetocircumnavigatetheentireglobe.Magellan’sdramaticmaritimeexpeditionin1519discoveredthestraitsthatenabledEuropetotradewiththeEasternspiceislandsandchangedthecourseofhistory.
    InaneraofintensecommercialrivalrybetweenSpainandPortugal,FerdinandMagellan,aPortuguesenavigatorsailedtoexploretheundiscoveredpartsoftheworldandclaimthemfortheSpanishcrowninoneofthelargestandbest-equippedexpeditionsevermountedintheAgeofDiscovery.Yetofthefleetoffivevesselsunderhiscommand,onlyVictoriawastoreturntoSpainafterthreeharrowingyears,hercaptainmurdered,morethantwohundredofhersailorsdeadfromscurvy,torture,executionanddrowning,andasmall,ravagedcrewthatsurvivedtotelltheextraordinarilydramaticstory.
    Whatemergedwasataleofmutiny,oforgiesondistantshores,ofclaimsofcannibalism,ofdeathanddisease,ofmissionaryzealandbasecruelty,andofincrediblediscoveries:theearthwasindeedround,theAmericaswerenotpartofIndia,theearthwascoveredmainlybyoceans,andanewroutethatallowedEuropeaccesstothefantasticwealthoftheEasternspiceislands.Indeed,despitethedevastatinglossoflifeandvessels,theVictoriasailedbackladenwithenoughclovesandotherspicesfortheexpeditiontobeconsideredaremarkablefinancialsuccess.
    AccomplisheddespitethefactthatEuropeanmarinerswereexploringaworldthatwasunmappedandmisunderstood,wheresuperstitionheldswayandtherewererealfearsthatyoucouldliterallysailovertheedgeoftheworld,thatseamonsterslurkedinthebrinydepths,orthatifyoupassedtheequator,theoceanwouldboilandscaldyoutodeath,thiswasatrulyspectacularachievement.
    TheshockinglyexplicitdiariesofAntonioPigafettarevealmuchofthestory.Thisisamany-layeredbook–avoyageintohistory,atouroftheworldasitwasemergingfromtheMiddleAgesintotheRenaissance,ananthropologicalaccountofexotictribesandachronicleofadesperategrabforpoliticalandcommercialpower.Itisalsoagrippingadventurestory,compellingandfullofsuspenseanddrama.
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