Quotes About Magellan

On the day before the fleet's departure from Seville, August 9, 1519, Magellan was summoned from his frantic last-minute

The farther south he went, the more concerned Magellan became that he had accidentally passed the strait.

long and checkered history in the service of the Portuguese empire in Africa: Fernão de Magalhães, or Ferdinand Magellan.

To Magellan, the gulf appeared far more likely to lead to the strait than the Río de la Plata

There is no conclusive evidence that Magellan saw this map, either

Less is known about Magellan's mother, Alda de Mesquita

Then there was the question of Magellan's nationality.

Magellan commuted all forty of the death sentences to hard labor.

If this was the map Magellan had in mind, it would have been nearly useless in trying to find the strait.

Magellan's insistence on a ten-year exclusive on voyages to the Spice Islands appeared preposterous

The only choice left to them was a slavish adherence to Magellan's authority, even if it led over the edge of the world. There were two important exceptions to the general clemency:

And on January 20, 1518, Magellan, along with Ruy Faleiro and Ruy's brother Francisco, set out from Seville for Valladolid.

Magellan was right to insist on this point, although he was powerless to enforce it.

the more pragmatic Haro estimated that Magellan's expedition could yield a profit of 250 percent.

King Charles dispatched a follow-up expedition to the Spice Islands only six years after Magellan's departure from Spain.

Magellan's pay came to 50,000 maravedís, and an additional 8,000 maravedís each month.

It was astonishing that Magellan's nemesis would risk his life again, after all the carnage

crucial evolution of Magellan's style of leadership, and perhaps his character, occurred over a period of nine trying months

The will covered every eventuality that might befall a great explorer such as Magellan—except

Magellan led his ships in and around the islands of the bay, but found no sign of a strait.

as for Cartagena, his blood ties to Archbishop Fonseca prevented Magellan from taking severe disciplinary action

Trinidad went first, slipping past Sugar Loaf and coming quietly to anchor in the harbor. Magellan had arrived in the New World.

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

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