Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?, S. A. Kramer
Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?, S. A. Kramer
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Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?

Author: S. A. Kramer

Series: Who Was?

Narrator: Kevin Pariseau

Unabridged: 1 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2019


Synopsis

When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life.

About The Author

S. A. KRAMER is the author of many nonfiction early readers on topics as varied as submarines and the first summit of Mount Everest. She has written many sports readers, including the recently revised edition of Basketball’s Greatest Players. Kramer lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joey on April 27, 2017

This book told me a lot about Magellan. He was a great explore and he was the first explore to sail all around the world. they fourt some times, and when they fourt the natvies he claims the philippines for spain and he died becuase they went on top of him and hit him and when they got off his body,......more

Goodreads review by Chuzzy on February 27, 2019

Not as good as Mark Twain.........more

Goodreads review by Tj on March 17, 2015

I thought this was nasty at the point when they explained that they were passing Indians and the Indians were cannibals and they were all scared. On way they around the world they ran out of food so they had to eat the ones that died or the dead rats on board and they through the remaining parts of......more

Goodreads review by Mr. on April 27, 2017

I didn't know what to expect from this explorer, because I knew very little about him. But after I sat down and read this book, I now know a lot about how difficult every bit of his journey was - and how history forced him to relocate from Portugal to Spain, and the rest is history. I also did not k......more