Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence BergreenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Quite a good book about a momentous voyage and an interesting man. I mean, more than anything he seems to be in the right place at the right time. He was obviously quite a good sailor (the method in which the 4 other boats were going to mutiny against his boat, and he was able to turn it around in his favor was very impressive). However, as a human he seems pretty terrible. Between capturing the natives in South America, being completely back-handed with them all over, and finally letting everything going to his head at the very end, you can't help concluding he sort of deserved the end he got (ambushed and kills by locals in the Philippines, and possibly betrayed by his own men).
However, the voyage itself was quite momentous, and it is interesting to see how ill-fated pretty much all of its crew were.
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