Details: By: John Regan

Tyrant, hero, fanatic, or perhaps all three, Ferdinand Magellan is a towering figure in world history, and its greatest sailor. a singular captain with an iron will, he overcame the hatred of his former king, put down mutinies, weathered storms, discovered the strait that bears his name and survived the dreaded scurvy only to fall victim to the fatal flaw in his character: religious hubris.