"Sometimes there is a force of life like the spring which mysteriously takes shape without your even having asked it to take shape, and this is frightening, it is terribly frightening. ... Being a poet sometimes puts you at the mercy of life, and life is not always merciful." --James Wright, poet, born on this day in 1927.
Magellan's voyage was 1519-1522 not 1577.
That may be the longest title of a book I've experienced.