Quotes from Laurence Bergreen

Pinzón explored the easternmost shores of Brazil and ventured into the mouth of the Amazon River

His surmise proved correct and saved the fleet days of aimless investigation.

the newly discovered land went by various names; not until 1511 did "Brazil" first appear on a map

Finally, on February 27, the armada explored a promising inlet

No one in Portugal dared to admit the actual reason for Magellan's behavior

they tore the Magellan escutcheon from the gates and smashed it to the ground.

The name might have derived from the Portuguese word brasa, meaning glowing coal

Magellan named the inlet Bahía de los Patos, Duck Bay

that King Manuel had refused to back the navigator, humiliating him over and over again.

Even young relatives of Magellan found themselves the object of derision and were stoned.

and carefully explored it to locate an entrance to the strait.

Magellan's nephew, eventually sought refuge in the Portuguese colony of Brazil, where he dictated instructions that suggest the depth of shame stirred

The ship soon departed, but Carvalho remained to oversee the factory, a sojourn that lasted four years.)

He cautiously committed only six seamen to a landing party charged with fetching supplies

From the time we left that bay until the present day, we sailed fourteen thousand four hundred and sixty leagues"—nearly sixty thousand miles—"and furthermore completed the circumnavigation of the world from east to west.

order all my relatives and heirs to put no other stone nor shield of arms in my house

the five ships comprising the Armada de Molucca in Brazil showed how porous and vulnerable the Portuguese

mainly wood for fire and fresh water.

trying to lure Magellan and Faleiro back to Portugal.

punishment of Ferdinand Magellan's crime of moving to Castile.

monopoly" actually was. Despite Brazil's importance, the

Fearful of stumbling across warlike tribes that might be prowling in the forest

Da Costa was explicit about the dire consequences that would befall the two

diminutive island lacking in either fresh water or wood but seething with wildlife.