Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (English) Hardc

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An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan. With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about Magellan's life, his character, and the events of his ill-fated voyage offers up a stranger, darker, and even more compelling narrative than the fictional version that has been celebrated for half a millennium. Magellan did not attempt--much less accomplish--a journey around the globe. In his lifetime he was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant, self-condemned to destruction, and dismissed as a failure. Straits untangles the myths that made Magellan a hero and discloses the reality of the man, probing the passions and tensions that drove him to adventure and drew him to disaster. We see the mutations of his character: pride that became arrogance, daring that became recklessness, determination that became ruthlessness, romanticism that became irresponsibility, and superficial piety that became, in adversity, irrational exaltation. As the real Magellan emerges, so do his real ambitions, focused less on circumnavigating the world or cornering the global spice market than on exploiting Filipino gold. Straits is a study in failure and the paradox of Magellan's career, showing that renown is not always a reflection of merit but often a gift and accident of circumstance.

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"This is the story of a voyage that was in reality one of the most disastrous in the history of overseas exploration, but which has now become one of its greatest triumphs--and of a man who failed at almost everything he set out to do and yet became one of the great heroes of modernity. Scintillating and compelling, and told with all of Felipe Fern

Author Biography

Felipe Fernández-Armesto holds the William P. Reynolds Chair of Mission in Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a professor in the Departments of History and Classics and the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science. His work on exploration and related subjects has won the John Carter Brown Medal, the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum in the UK, the Premio Nacional a Investigación of the Sociedad Geográfica Española, and the World History Association Prize (for Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration), among other prizes. In 2017, the King of Spain awarded him the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio for services to education and the arts. His most recent books are Out of Our Minds and, as editor, The Oxford Illustrated History of the World.

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Globe around Magellan: The World, 1492 to 1521 2. The Education of an Adventurer: Oporto--Lisbon--the Indian Ocean, to 1514 3. The Trajectory of a Traitor: Morocco, Portugal, and Spain, 1514 to 1519 4. The Making and Marring of a Fleet: Seville and Valladolid, 1517 to 1519 5. The Cruel Sea: The Atlantic, September 1519 to February 1520 6. The Gibbet at San Juli

Review

"The careful, well-organized discussion of the people, deeds, and contexts of Magellan's voyage makes Straits a valuable contribution to understanding not only the circumnavigation but also the geopolitics of the early sixteenth century."-- "Hispanic American Historical Review"

Review Quote

"This book helps to put Magellan in his proper place. . . . Readers will learn a lot not only about the man, but also what drove the people who backed such projects."

Details ISBN0520383362 Short Title Straits Publisher University of California Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0520383362 ISBN-13 9780520383364 Format Hardcover Subtitle Beyond the Myth of Magellan Author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Publication Date 2022-03-29 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-03-29 NZ Release Date 2022-03-29 US Release Date 2022-03-29 UK Release Date 2022-03-29 Pages 380 DEWEY B Audience General Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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