Conquering the Pacific : an unknown mariner and the final great voyage of the Age of Discovery / Andrés Reséndez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reséndez, Andrés, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legazpi, Miguel López de, 1510?-1572--Friends and associates.

Legazpi, Miguel López de.

Martín, Lope.

Legazpi, Miguel López de, 1510?-1572.

Pilots and pilotage--Biography.

Pilots and pilotage.

Discoveries in geography.

Friends and associates.

Philippines--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Philippines.

Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Pacific Ocean.

Explorers--Spain--Biography.

Explorers.

Spain.

Barra de Navidad (Mexico)--History, Naval.

Barra de Navidad (Mexico).

Discoveries in geography--Spanish.

Friendship.

Genre:

Biographies.

Naval history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 283 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, charts ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Unknown mariner and the final great voyage of the Age of Discovery

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Summary:

"The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery-and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history"-- Provided by publisher.

"The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery-and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal's monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific--and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Four ships set out from Navidad, each one carrying a dream team of navigators. The smallest ship, guided by seaman Lope Martín, a mulatto who had risen through the ranks to become one of the most qualified pilots of the era, soon pulled far ahead and became mysteriously lost from the fleet. It was the beginning of a voyage of epic scope, featuring mutiny, murderous encounters with Pacific islanders, astonishing physical hardships-and at last a triumphant return to the New World. But the pilot of the fleet's flagship, the Augustine friar mariner Andrés de Urdaneta, later caught up with Martín to achieve the vuelta as well. It was he who now basked in glory, while Lope Martín was secretly sentenced to be hanged by the Spanish crown as repayment for his services. Acclaimed historian Andrés Reséndez, through brilliant scholarship and riveting storytelling-including an astonishing outcome for the resilient Lope Martín--sets the record straight. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A global race

Dream team

Navidad

A disappearance

Mar abierto

The tiny islands

"The island of the thieves"

The far side of the world

Vuelta

Fall from glory

Survival and revenge

At the Spanish court

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Reséndez, Andrés. Conquering the Pacific

ISBN:

9781328515971

1328515974

OCLC:

1236898508