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) Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan

) Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
) Straits: Beyond the
Myth of Magellan
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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. 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.