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Title: Chock-full of incorrect or misleading information
Review: The only thing decent about this book is the treatment of Ferdinand Magellan-- but then, I understand the book is an expansion of an article on Magellan that Manchester wrote earlier. He should have stuck with the article, or written a book just on Magellan.Generally, the book is full of historical views that are outdated, discredited, or just plain without any basis in fact at all. The history of the period has been lumped together into one giant chaotic mass, with little attempt to show change over time. It appears that his main sources for his research were children's history books written before 1950 and Victorian "historical" porno novels.It was an enjoyable read, in the sense that such novels as "Princess Daisy" are enjoyable, but it is worthless and misleading as a source of actual historical information.DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!
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