Magellan: First Around the World

by Ronald Syme

Led by his passion for exploration and love for the sea, Magellan was determined to sail around the world

71 pages, Library Binding

First published June 1, 1953

About the author

Sir Ronald Syme, OM, FBA (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist. Long associated with Oxford University, he is widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome. His great work was The Roman Revolution (1939), a masterly and controversial analysis of Roman political life in the period following the assassination of Julius Caesar.