It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read The First Circumnavigators by Harry Kelsey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey's masterfully researched study is the first to concentrate on the hitherto anonymous sailors, slaves, adventurers, and soldiers who manned the ships. The author contends that these initial trans global voyages occurred by chance, beginning with the launch of Magellan's armada in 1519, when the crews dispatched by the king of Spain to claim the Spice Islands in the western Pacific were...
The First Circumnavigators by Harry Kelsey is 237 pages long, and a total of 60,909 words.
This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 32 minutes to read The First Circumnavigators aloud.
The First Circumnavigators is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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