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Ferdinand Magellan was unquestionably one of the more remarkable figures of the Age of Exploration, and given his fateful expedition, he has the era's most unique legacy. Today he is remembered as the first man to circumnavigate the globe, despite the fact he died thousands of miles away from Spain in the Philippines. It is also commonly overlooked that among the famous and historic expeditions in the early 16th century, Magellan's was by far the most dangerous, unique, and adventurous.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that it is much easier to overthrow a government than form a new one, and that in turn it is easier to form a government than to govern. The men who founded America knew these facts in theory, but in the last decade of the 18th century, they learned them by experience when, just a few years after the new Constitution had been ratified, a rebellion arose over taxes.

Benjamin Franklin's wide range of activities and interests opened the doors of the world to him. Printer, inventor, philosopher, ambassador, champion of liberty - his influence has been felt by every American generation. And to everything he touched, including this autobiography, Franklin brought originality and wit.

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain 'Remember Salem!' was invoked frequently over the ensuing centuries. As time passed, the trials became a milepost measuring the distance America had progressed from its colonial past, its victims now the righteous and their persecutors the shamed.

In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave.

Of all the colorful cutthroats who scoured the seas in search of plunder during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th century, none was more ferocious or notorious than Blackbeard. As unforgettable as his savage career was, much of Blackbeard's life has been shrouded in mystery - until now. Drawing on vivid descriptions of Blackbeard's attacks from his rare surviving victims, pirate expert Angus Konstam traces Blackbeard's career from its beginnings to his final defeat in a tremendous sea battle near his base at Ocracoke Island

There has never been a nation like the United States of America. Its impact on the world is unprecedented in all of human history. After two and a half centuries of existence, it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without it. But how did it come into existence? Who has really done justice to this astonishing story? Innumerable books have been written about the American Revolution, but the definitive treatment of the full story simply does not exist—certainly not in our generation.

Although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In a work distinguished not only by its original research but by its “passionate prose” (James F. Brooks), historian Linford Fisher demonstrates how the...

The Silver Road tells the story that Americans are rarely told: how the Revolutionary War was actually won. From the Spanish-supplied muskets fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775 to the last-minute collection of silver pesos in Havana that funded the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, Spain and Latin America played a decisive role in the American Revolution. The Spanish smuggled the critical military supplies that the colonies could not produce. Latin American silver provided both the hard currency and the financing for the fledgling colonial economy.

In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.

استكشف لغزاً تاريخياً حير العالم لقرون، حيث تبخرت مستعمرة إنجليزية بأكملها في ظروف غامضة على سواحل أمريكا الشمالية. انغمس في أجواء مشحونة بالتوتر، وعش تجربة...

在这部沉浸式的微观历史非虚构叙事中，北美港口城市的普通居民被直接抛入帝国动荡的漩涡，在和平信仰与流血抗争之间艰难抉择。如果你渴望在枯燥的通勤路上，感受宏大政治如何撕裂并重塑个体的细碎日常，这段充满张...

تعمق في قصة واقعية عن هستيريا جماعية مزقت مجتمعا صغيرا، حيث تحول الجيران إلى أعداء تحت وطأة الخوف والاتهامات المميتة. هذه السردية التاريخية المثيرة للقلق تأخذك...

Narodziny nowożytnej demokracji to starcie imperialnej potęgi z chaosem politycznych intryg i gospodarczych błędów. Zamiast wyidealizowanych legend, ta wciągająca literatura faktu obnaża narastające napięcie w osiemnastowiecznym społeczeństwie. To zmuszająca do refleksji...

当狂热的宗教信仰与隐秘的邻里宿怨相互碰撞，一场源于群体恐惧的猎巫行动，瞬间将平静的清教徒村庄拖入撕裂与背叛的深渊。曾经互助共存的普通人，在流言与权力逼迫下，轻易沦为指控至亲好友的伪证者。...

当狂热的宗教理想撞上帝国的严苛税收，一座边缘的清教徒沿海小镇意外成为了颠覆大西洋世界的革命引火点。如果你正渴望在日常通勤中寻找一段扣人心弦的历史真相，这段充满张力的宏大叙事将带你瞬间穿越回那个暗流涌...

Ervaar de bloedige militaire strijd en politieke revolutie die dertien Britse koloniën veranderden in een vrije natie. Dit meeslepende non-fictie epos sleept je mee van alledaagse straten vol onrust naar kruitdampen op de slagvelden van New England. Perfect om tijdens je dagelijkse...

Deze rauwe geschiedenis onthult de meedogenloze machtsstrijd en revolutie achter de geboorte van de Amerikaanse natie. Van overleving in de vroege koloniën tot de bloedige breuk met het Britse gezag, dit is absoluut geen rechtlijnig of vanzelfsprekend succesverhaal. Het meeslepende relaas toont...

当高昂的税收与生存的重压撕裂了北美殖民地的平静，一场并非出于英雄意志、而是由普通人被迫卷入的建国抗争就此爆发。忘掉那些枯燥的年份与神化的伟人，这部历史纪实有声书带你重返动荡不安的真实年代，从底层民众...

当上百名拓荒者在北美荒野中离奇蒸发，仅留下一段刻在树干上的神秘暗号，这场十六世纪的真实历史悬疑至今仍在拷问人类的生存极限。这并非一场简单的失踪意外，而是大航海时代的扩张野心与原住民古老秩序剧烈碰撞后...