Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
出版社:
HarperCollins US
出版时间:
2004-11
ISBN:
9780060936389
定价:
141.90
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
512页
正文语种:
英语
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FerdinandMagellan'sdaringcircumnavigationoftheglobeinthesixteenthcenturywasathree-yearodysseyfilledwithsex,violence,andamazingadventure.NowinOvertheEdgeoftheWorld,prize-winningbiographerandjournalistLaurenceBergreenentwinesavarietyofcandid,firsthandaccounts,bringingtolifethisgroundbreakingandmajestictaleofdiscoverythatchangedboththewayexplorerswouldhenceforthnavigatetheoceansandhistoryitself. LaurenceBergreenistheauthoroffourbiographies,eachconsideredthedefinitiveworkonitssubject:LouisArmstrong:AnExtravagantLife,Capone:TheManandtheEra,AsThousandsCheer:TheLifeofIrvingBerlin,andVoyagetoMars:NASA'sSearchforLifeBeyondEarth.AgraduateofHarvardUniversity,helivesinNewYorkCity.
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内容简介:
FerdinandMagellan'sdaringcircumnavigationoftheglobeinthesixteenthcenturywasathree-yearodysseyfilledwithsex,violence,andamazingadventure.NowinOvertheEdgeoftheWorld,prize-winningbiographerandjournalistLaurenceBergreenentwinesavarietyofcandid,firsthandaccounts,bringingtolifethisgroundbreakingandmajestictaleofdiscoverythatchangedboththewayexplorerswouldhenceforthnavigatetheoceansandhistoryitself.
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作者简介:
LaurenceBergreenistheauthoroffourbiographies,eachconsideredthedefinitiveworkonitssubject:LouisArmstrong:AnExtravagantLife,Capone:TheManandtheEra,AsThousandsCheer:TheLifeofIrvingBerlin,andVoyagetoMars:NASA'sSearchforLifeBeyondEarth.AgraduateofHarvardUniversity,helivesinNewYorkCity.
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