Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World

by Nancy Smiler Levinson

Determined to find a new and better route to Asia and the distant and profitable Spice Islands, Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519 on what would become the history-making first circumnavigation of the world. Magellan himself did not complete the journey--he was killed by a poison arrow while on the Pacific island of Mactan--but the expedition he mounted forever changed the course of human exploration. Details of the journey, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395987733
• ISBN13: 9780395987735
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A nonfiction account kids will remember

Nancy Smiler Levinson's Magellan And The First Voyage Around The World provides a lively account of his 1519 journey with his fleet of five ships and almost three hundred men. Storms, disease, and attacks by natives marred his voyage. This reads like fiction but is a nonfiction account kids will remember.