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Nicolaus Copernicus, universal scholar and astronomer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

Ferdinand Magellan stood at the bow of his flagship Trinidad in the winter of 1520, scanning the forbidding coastline of what is now southern Argentina. Behind him lay a mutinous crew, dwindling supplies, and the weight of two monarchies' expectations. Ahead stretched an unknown passage that might—or might not—lead to the Pacific Ocean. Like many visionaries throughout history, Magellan possessed a peculiar combination of brilliance and stubbornness that would either change the world or destroy him. In his case, it would do both. Born into the minor Portuguese nobility around 1480, Fernão...

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life...

He was the first person to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean. Students will learn how the Strait of Magellan got its name in this audiobook about the man who began life as a page in King John's court and became one of the most famous explorers of all time.

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Max Planck, Alfred Nobel, Nikolaus Kopernikus, Christoph Kolumbus, Ferdinand Magellan.

With the age of voyages of discovery in the 15th century, the curtain of history slowly came down on the late Middle Ages. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers set out to remeasure the dimensions of the earth. Numerous spices and fruits, which we would hardly be able to do without today, found their way to Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America in 1492 on his quest for India. Six years later, it was left to Vasco da Gama to travel through the sea route to India sought by Columbus on the eastern route around Africa.

A comienzos del siglo dieciséis el mundo cambiaba vertiginosamente. América contribuía a esa efervescencia alimentando la imaginación de los navegantes, que organizaban una expedición tras otra. Los mapas eran continuamente modificados, con el descubrimiento de nuevos territorios. Españoles y portugueses dominaban los mares, los primeros siguiendo la ruta de Colón; los segundos, la de Bartolomé Días, por debajo del África, en dirección a la India.