Over the Edge of the World Audiobook (Free)

A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views on the subject of the world In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five boats set sail from Seville, Spain, to find a water path to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after goods — cloves, pepper, and nutmeg — flourished. Three years later, a small number of survivors came back with a good amount of spices off their meant destination, but with just one single ship holding eighteen emaciated guys. During their amazing voyage all over the world the team endured hunger, disease, mutiny, and torture. Many men passed away, including Magellan, who was simply violently killed within a fierce battle.

This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance; a startling anthropological accounts of tribes, languages, and customs unidentified to Europeans; and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power.