Quotes About Magellan

Magellan expected to see all four captains at Easter mass but only one, Luis de Mendoza, of Victoria, arrived.

The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations.

I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton.

From Fonseca's point of view, this was hardly an advantageous contract, for it gave Magellan too much

power over the expedition. It would take Fonseca months, but eventually he would have his revenge on Magellan

On August 11, 1520, Magellan carried out the sentence he had proclaimed for his nemesis, Juan de Cartagena

Mendoza returned to Victoria, where he and the other captains resumed plotting against Magellan

Preparations for the voyage continued, but the flag incident served as a warning to Magellan that his men

Magellan capitalized on a piece of luck. The longboat belonging to Concepción's captain, Gaspar de Quesada

dismay of the men aboard, found itself drifting helplessly toward the flagship and Magellan himself

This provision made Magellan responsible to Cartagena for all commercial decisions.

Years before Magellan arrived at the Río de la Plata, both Spanish and Portuguese ships had searched for the strait at this very point.

Thus Magellan's flagship, Trinidad, weighed 100 tons; San Antonio, which carried many of the provisions, weighed 120 tons;

for the voyage to Magellan and Faleiro, instructions so detailed that the two commanders might have thought the king

Magellan came across Arabs in the Spanish hemisphere, he was to treat them well

King Charles was supposed to pay for Magellan's ships, according to the contract, he was deeply in debt.

Members of the Casa failed to see how Magellan could avoid trespassing on Portuguese interests by sailing west until he reached the East.

Magellan referred the distinguished members of the Casa to a clause in the Treaty of Tordesillas

set the stage for endless challenges to Magellan's authority, in other words, for mutiny.

Disputes over the crew's composition and pay bedeviled Magellan until the moment of the fleet's departure from Seville.

marks the entrance to the strait that Magellan had sought for more than two years.

he renewed his acquaintanceship with Magellan, and combined their enthusiasm for a search for the strait.

The Casa de Contratación decreed that Magellan must limit his entire crew to 235 men, including cabin boys.

Although incomplete, the description of Lisboa's clandestine voyage was consistent with the strait that Magellan eventually explored.