CANDY GOURLAY - Ferdinand Magellan
Wed 01 Feb
|Station Hall
Candy tells the thrilling story of Magellan's quest to discover a new route to the other side of the world, how he discovered many lands and peoples, whether they liked it or not, and how he became known as the first man to circumnavigate the globe AGES 8+


Time & Location
01 Feb 2023, 13:30 – 14:15
Station Hall
About the Artists & Speakers
Author Candy Gourlay tells the story of Ferdinand Magellan the explorer. Do you eat potatoes? How about tomatoes? Do you love chocolate? Well none of those things existed in Europe when Ferdinand was growing up so it's no surprise that explorers became the rock stars of the 15th and 16th centuries. Candy tells the thrilling story of Magellan's quest to discover a new route to the other side of the world, how he discovered many lands and peoples, whether they liked it or not, and how he became known as the first man to circumnavigate the globe ... even though he didn't
Candy Gourlay was born in the Philippines, grew up under a dictatorship and met her husband during a revolution. Growing up, she wondered why books only featured pink-skinned children who lived in worlds that didn’t resemble her tropical home in Manila. It took her years to learn that Filipino…