Magellan
Published on 20. September 2011
352 pages
978-1-908968-08-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) is one of the most famous navigators in history - he was the first man to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, although he was killed en route in a battle in the Philippines. In this biography, Zweig brings to life the Age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era's most daring adventurers. In typically flowing and elegant prose he takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery ourselves.
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Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE : Navigare Necesse Est
- CHAPTER TWO : Magellan in the East Indies March 1505-June 1512
- CHAPTER THREE : He Renounces Allegiance to Portugal June 1512-October 1517
- CHAPTER FOUR : Realisation of an Idea 20th October 1517-22nd March 1518
- CHAPTER FIVE : Will Overcomes Obstacles 22nd March 1518-20th August 1519
- CHAPTER SIX : Departure 20th September 1519
- CHAPTER SEVEN : Fruitless Search 20th September 1519-2nd April 1520
- CHAPTER EIGHT : Mutiny 2nd April 1520-7th April 1520
- CHAPTER NINE : The Great Moment Comes 7th April 1520-28th November 1520
- CHAPTER TEN : Discovery of the Philippines 28th November 1520-7th April 1521
- CHAPTER ELEVEN : Magellan's Death 7th April 1521-27th April 1521
- CHAPTER TWELVE : A Voyage without a Leader 27th April 1521-6th September 1522
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN : The Return and the Sequel
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I : Copia der Newen Zeytung auss Presillg Landt*
- APPENDIX II : Contract Concerning the Discovery of the Spice Islands Entered into by His Majesty with Magellan and Faleiro*
- APPENDIX III : Account of the Costs of Magellan's Fleet*
- INDEX
- A, B, C
- D, E, F
- G, H, I
- J, K, L
- M, N, O
- P, Q, R
- S, T, U
- V, W, X
- Y, Z
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- TRANSLATION COPYRIGHT
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Other Stefan Zweig titles published by
- Copyright
