Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Story of Magellan: And the Discovery of the Philippines
His voyages, as pictured by his companion Piga fetta, the historian, give us our first view Of the interesting native inhabitants Of the South Tem perate Zone and Of the Pacific archipelagoes, and his adventures with the giants Of Patagonia and with the natives Of the Ladrone Islands, read almost like stories Of Sinbad the Sailor. The simple record Of his adventures is in itself a storybook. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
