Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.) - Laurence Bergreen

During their expedition Magellan‘s crew encountered the indiginous people of Patagonia. This meeting and the account of one of the crew members inspired Shakespeare to write The Tempest.

 

This book is truly fascinating. And I‘m way past the point, at which it is easy to put the book down for something irrelevant like sleep or food or work.