Laurence Bergreen is an award-winning biographer, historian, and chronicler of exploration. His books have been translated into 25 languages worldwide.
New York, NY, USA
Joined April 2011
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University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia on March 2.
Great to be part of this fantastic lecture series.
Way back in 1968, my travel companion snapped this photo on a trip through Kenya. #ThrowbackThursday
Mark your calendars: on Jan 18th at 1:30pm I'll be giving a talk at @NYYC_org on the voyages of Sir Francis Drake.
Fun read by @discovery about how people celebrate New Year's Eve around the world. discovery.com/exploration/7-…
Happy Holidays everyone! If you are in New York, I highly recommend checking out the @metmuseum tree this year, it's beautiful. metmuseum.org/exhibitions/li…
This photo was taken during a 2002 book research trip to the Strait of Magellan in Southern Chile while researching my book OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. #ThrowbackThursday
Happy 10 year anniversary @aeonmag! Enjoyed revisiting my article on Casanova for this great publication. #10yearsofaeon
aeon.co/essays/is-there-more…
The e-book edition of Over the Edge of the World, my biography about Ferdinand Magellan is on sale today for one day only on Amazon: amazon.com/Over-Edge-World-T…
In honor of Native American Heritage Day, here is a great resource to learn more about Indigenous art, history, and culture in the US. #nativeamericanheritageday
November is National Native American Heritage Month. Educators, use this in depth collection from @pbsteachers with students --together learning about Indigenous art, history, and culture as told by historians, artists, students, and scientists.
mass.pbslearningmedia.org/co…
A fun event from my friends @ExplorersClub for those who are fans of ocean exploration.
#LastCall to get your #SeaStories2022 #EarlyBird tickets! Ticket prices will increase tonight - at midnight.
Join us next Saturday, November 12th for a day focused on #OceanExploration, #conservation, #ScubaDiving, #shipwrecks, and #MarineLife.
store.explorers.org/products…
And here comes the Chinese edition of Over the Edge of the World. Now available from Grand China Publishing Company. #magellan #exploration
New cover for the Chinese edition of Columbus: The Four Voyages which will be published by Grand China Publishing Company this November.
Title page from the Mariner's Mirror featuring Sir Francis Drake, 1588.
#InSearchofaKingdom
In Search of a Kingdom is now available in Poland from Rebis Publishing.
#InSearchofaKingdom
My @HistoryHit interview with Prof Susannah Lipscomb about Magellan and "Over the Edge of the World" is now available on Apple podcasts.
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/i…
