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Isabel Thomas, Author
Dàlia Adillon, Illustrator
Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: April 22, 2019
Category: History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781786274007
Explorer, sailor and navigator, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world. He encountered lands and creatures that he could never have imagined, and the journey was fraught with danger and difficulty…
Join Magellan’s amazing adventure in this colourful guide, encountering mutineers and monsters along the way!
From artists to aviators and scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Great Lives is a brand new series of small-format guides introducing children to the most inspirational figures from history in a fun, accessible way.
Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. She is a science writer and children’s author who has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Isabel also writes for children’s science magazines Whizz Pop Bang and The Week Junior Science + Nature, and for science outreach projects. She is a primary school governor and parent of three young sons.
Dàlia Adillon studied Fine Art at the University of Barcelona and Illustration at Escola Massana in Barcelona. She now lives and works in Bristol.