Magellan, le défi

books for youth 7-12 years old and for elementary school students

In September 1519, Fernando de Magallanes embarked on one of the wildest adventures that man had ever attempted.

He is going to try to reach the Indies by going west. He had to find a passage in the new continent discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and sail on an unknown sea then called the South Sea.

It will be the proof, finally, that the Earth is indeed round.

Juan and Ines, two young children without families, board the Trinidad, flagship of this flotilla that will defy the elements.

An almost unbelievable story if there were not, by chance, some documents, especially Antonio Pigafetta's logbook, which served as a support for this novel.