The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) is one of the most famous navigators in history-he was the first man to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, although he was killed en route in a battle in the Philippines. In this biography, Zweig brings to life the Age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era’s most daring adventurers, whose astounding feats of navigation heralded the modern age.
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About the author
Stefan Zweig: Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 452 ● ISBN 9781908968081 ● File size 4.1 MB ● Translator Eden Paul & Cedar Paul ● Publisher Pushkin Press ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6538529 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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