Voyage of Magellan (Exploration Through the Ages)

Humble, Richard

ISBN 10: 0531106381 ISBN 13: 9780531106389

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 1989

Synopsis

Describes life aboard ship and the strange sights and unknown dangers faced by Magellan and the crews of his five ships as they undertook the first voyage around the world in the early sixteenth century

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-8-- This volume approaches its subject more as history than as biography. Chapters are limited to two-page spreads, generously illustrated. Each chapter deals with some aspect of Magellan's voyage, starting with exploration in general and ending with the specific effects of his travels. There is space devoted to details of life on a ship of that time, including an excellent cross-section of a ship and the titles and duties of the crew. Navigation, astronomy, food, and the dangers of such a trip are all discussed before the actual voyage is described. A welcome addition where interest and assignments on explorers are heavy. --Deirdre R. Murray, Pine Road School, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0531106381
• ISBN 13: 9780531106389
• Binding: Library Binding