SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022_______________''Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read''- The Spectator''The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship'' - Sunday Telegraph_______________For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Now historian Felipe Fern-ez-Armesto draws on extensive and meticulous research to conduct a dazzling investigation into Magellan-s life, his character and his ill-fated voyage. He reveals that Magellan did not attempt - much less accomplish - a journey around the globe, and that in his own lifetime, the explorer was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a failure. Fern-ez-Armesto probes the passions and tensions that drove Magellan to adventure and
