ANDRÉS RESÉNDEZ’s most recent book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the 2017 Bancroft Prize. He is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, a current Carnegie fellow, and an avid sailor.
“A pacey account [of] a triumph of seamanship over wind and
water. And credit for it, Mr. Reséndez shows persuasively,
rests with a brilliant pilot whose role has long been neglected.” —
Wall Street Journal
“Riveting...Enlivened by lucid explanations of navigational
techniques, larger-than-life characters, and colorful anecdotes
from the age of exploration, this is a rip-roaring maritime
adventure.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[Reséndez] makes the details fascinating and compelling.
Readers of sailing and adventure stories will find this true
account both enlightening and exciting.” — Booklist (starred
review)
“Andrés Reséndez’s Conquering the Pacific is a
masterwork of narrative and
conception. Reséndez magically transforms dogged archival
research into a sweeping vision of the past, capturing the grandest
of epochs—of sail, of discovery, of conquest, of slavery and the
beginning of globalization—in the thrilling life of a heretofore
anonymous master and commander. A riveting
tour-de-force.” — Greg Grandin, Pultizer Prize-winning author of
The End of the Myth and Empire's Workshop
“At once learned and lively, Conquering the Pacific is a
remarkable journey of discovery. Conquering the
Pacific has it all: a covert mission, mutiny and swordplay on
the high seas, and a dynamic lead role in Lope Martín, the
courageous and heroic Afro-Portuguese navigator. The crisp
narrative whirls like a gyre, transporting readers to previously
unknown seas and shores. A vital, captivating read.” — Buddy
Levy, author of Labyrinth of Ice
“A historian, sailor, and master storyteller, Andrés Reséndez
pilots us brilliantly through the intricacies of long-distance
Pacific navigation during the last decades of the Age of Discovery.
His mesmerizing account of momentous deep-water voyages
involving weeks out of sight of land is a masterpiece of detailed
historical inquiry and writing. I couldn’t put it down.” — Brian
Fagan, author of The Little Ice Age and Beyond
the Blue Horizon
“[A] taut reconstruction of the first recorded west-to-east
crossing of the Pacific.” — New Yorker
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