FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO
STRAITS: BEYOND THE MYTH OF MAGELLAN
A Financial Times Best History Book of 2022.
Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2022.
Ferdinand Magellan (born c. 1480) is famous for leading the 1519 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition he discovered the Strait of Magellan, enabling his ships to sail from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean.
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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (born 1950) is the son of two journalists: his Spanish father and English mother. He was educated at the University of Oxford where he took his degree and PhD. He spent most of his career teaching at Oxford University, after teaching at Charterhouse School. He has also held chairs in history at the University of Notre Dame, Tufts University and Queen Mary College, University of London.
