Climates of the Explorers ( Part 1 ) - Magellan 1519 - 1522
Mar 14, 2021 4:31:01 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 14, 2021 4:31:01 GMT -5
In all the annals of epic human exploration, I daresay no one had bigger cojons than Ferdinand Magellan ! Sailing off into the great unknown at a time when it was thought that one could sail off the edge of the world..... storm and tempest, scurvy and starvation, mutiny and murder, sex and spices, death and destruction, power and plunder....
Only one ship and 18 men returned to Spain after three years at sea. The expedition began with 5 ships and the company of 270 men.
Imagine for a moment, after wintering in Patagonia, then searching for and finding the passage to the Pacific Ocean via the Straits of Magellen, then sailing for 4 months across the Pacific before landing on Guam, thence the Phillipines and the Spice Islands...... You wouldn't wanna sail home.....
Departure from near Cadiz
Re provision at Canary Islands
South American Coast, Rio de Janerio
A mutiny at Puerte San Julien
The Straits of Magellan, Punta Arenas
The Marianas, Guam
The Phillipines, Zamboanga City
The Spice Islands, Muluccas, Ambon,Indonesia
Timor, Dili
Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town.
Cape Verde Islands
Only one ship and 18 men returned to Spain after three years at sea. The expedition began with 5 ships and the company of 270 men.
Imagine for a moment, after wintering in Patagonia, then searching for and finding the passage to the Pacific Ocean via the Straits of Magellen, then sailing for 4 months across the Pacific before landing on Guam, thence the Phillipines and the Spice Islands...... You wouldn't wanna sail home.....
Departure from near Cadiz
Re provision at Canary Islands
South American Coast, Rio de Janerio
A mutiny at Puerte San Julien
The Straits of Magellan, Punta Arenas
The Marianas, Guam
The Phillipines, Zamboanga City
The Spice Islands, Muluccas, Ambon,Indonesia
Timor, Dili
Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town.
Cape Verde Islands
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