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1) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, Large Print

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"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history--as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...

2) Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Language

English

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"In 1519, Magellan, five ships, and more than two hundred men set sail from Spain to find a water route to the Spice Islands. Despite suffering, starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan. Best-selling author Laurence Bergreen takes readers on a spellbinding voyage as he interweaves a variety of candid, first-person accounts, some previously unavailable in English. Over the Edge of...

3) Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

2007.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

4) Magellan: over the edge of the world : the true story of the terrifying first circumnavigation of the globe

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

2017.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--

5) Columbus: the four voyages

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

6) Seven voyages: how China's treasure fleet conquered the sea

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

2021.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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Presents the life of Chinese explorer, Zheng He, his friendship with the emperor, and the voyages that established China as a global power.

7) As thousands cheer: the life of Irving Berlin

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

8) Casanova: the world of a seductive genius

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

[2016]

Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Language

English

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"The remarkable story of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an impoverished abandoned boy who became the notorious libertine, famous writer, and correspondent with figures such as Voltaire, Louis XV, and Catherine the Great in decadent 18th-century Europe."--Provided by publisher.