| Synopsis
of Novel 2 in the series "What Made Them Famous?" |
|
 Ferdinand
Magellan, the Explorer
"The world is round and I shall prove
it." In 1519, a group of men set sail from Spain in five small
wooden ships under the command of a Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan.
Their voyage is the greatest sea journey in recorded history: the first voyage
around the entire world.
Against all odds, Magellan's skill and determination
helped his crew reach their destination and eventually earned him the title of
the greatest maritime explorer of all times.
When Magellan embarked with
his crew of 270 men, he could not have known that his journey would take almost
three years to complete, only one ship with eighteen men aboard would return,
and that he would not be among the survivors.
Ferdinand
Magellan's voyage changed the world. People would never think about their environment
in the same way again. |
