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  • The First Voyage around the World (1519-1522)

    An Account of Magellan's Expedition

    by Antonio Pigafetta ...
    Series series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
    On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta. A narrative and cartographic record of the journey (including 23 hand-drawn watercolour charts) from ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The First Voyage Round the World, by Magellan

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Antonio Pigafetta ...
    This richly annotated scholarly volume reconstructs Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation through Pigafetta's eyewitness narrative, contemporary accounts, maps, logs, letters, and other original documents. It opens with a forceful defense of Magellan's reputation, set against the political rivalry of Portugal and Spain and the high stakes of the spice trade, where the location and ownership ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Magellan's Voyage

    A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation

    by Antonio Pigafetta ...
    In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, leading an expedition of five ships and over 270 men, set sail from Spain in search of the Spice Islands. Three years later, one ship returned to port with just 18 men. Magellan was not among the survivors, having been killed in the Philippines. But the remainder of his party, quite inadvertently, had been first to circumnavigate the world.One of the survivors of the ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD

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    The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

    by Edward Brooke-Hitching ...
    Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meetThis richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Spice Islands

    by Ian Burnet ...
    Cloves and nutmeg are indigenous to the Spice Islands of Eastern Indonesia. The book tells of the many uses of these exotic spices and the history of their trade over a period of more than 2000 years. It describes how the Spice trade into Europe came to be dominated by Middle Eastern and Venetian merchants. Backed by the Crowns of Portugal and Spain explorers such as Columbus, Vasco da Gama and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • History of the Philippine Islands

    by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Antonio de Morga ...
    In this volume is presented the first installment of Dr. Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas. Events here described cover the years 1493-1603, and the history proper of the islands from 1565. Morga's work is important, as being written by a royal official and a keen observer and participator in affairs. Consequently he touches more on the practical everyday affairs of the islands, ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Magellan: Conqueror of the Seas

    by Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul ...
    Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), the first to circumnavigate the globe, sailed on behalf of the Spanish monarch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and discovered the straights that now bear his name and the Philippines.“Magellan is written in a tone of astonished wonder... a persuasive and crisp portrait of Magellan... Stefan Zweig brings the story of Magellan to life.” — ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Epic Journey of Discovery in Uncharted Waters

    by Hezekiah Butterworth, Troy Kirk ...
    In "The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines," Hezekiah Butterworth artfully weaves a narrative that chronicles the monumental journey of Ferdinand Magellan, a figure emblematic of the Age of Exploration, and the serendipitous discovery of the Philippines. The text employs vivid, descriptive language and a narrative style that blends historical fact with engaging storytelling, ... Read more

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  • The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea: Being the Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, Between the Years 1492-1606, With Descriptions of Their Old Charts

    by George Collingridge ...
    THE PUBLISHERS. INTRODUCTION. The discovery of a continental island like Australia was not a deed that could be performed in a day. Many years passed away, and many voyages to these shores of ours were undertaken by the leading maritime nations of Europe, before the problematic and mysterious TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA of the ancients became known, even in a summary way, and its insularity and ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci

    by Amerigo Vespucci ...
    Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 – February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Afro-Eurasians. Colloquially referred to as the New World, this ... Read more

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  • The Great Travels & Travellers (Illustrated Edition)

    Enriched edition. The Exploration of the World - Complete Series: Discover the World through the Eyes of the Greatest Explorers in History

    by Jules Verne, Colton Marsh ...
    Translated by Dora Leigh, N. D'Anvers ...
    Jules Verne's 'The Great Travels & Travellers (Illustrated Edition)' provides readers with a fascinating look into the world of exploration and adventure. Verne's unique literary style combines fiction with scientific accuracy, creating a sense of realism that captivates the reader. This book delves into the journeys of famous explorers throughout history, including Marco Polo and Christopher ... Read more

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  • THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Historical Journeys of Celebrated Navigators

    by Jules Verne, Alaric Larkwell ...
    Translated by Dora Leigh, N. D'Anvers ...
    In THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS, Jules Verne turns from imagined voyages to the documentary romance of real exploration, gathering the feats of celebrated navigators into a sweeping history of maritime discovery. Richly illustrated and written with his characteristic lucidity, the work combines geographical exactitude, narrative momentum, and nineteenth-century confidence in scientific progress. ... Read more

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