Quotes About Magellan

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

Magellan brought a prominent personage with him: Ruy Faleiro, a mathematician, astronomer, and nautical scholar.

The stone that once held the Magellan escutcheon met with a special fate: It was covered with excrement.

No Portuguese ships occupied the harbor when Magellan arrived, and he felt safe enough to drop anchor.

Although this was his first visit to Brazil, Magellan was familiar with the brilliantly evocative descriptions

Three times, the king, who had disliked and mistrusted Magellan for more than twenty years, refused

in September of 1517, Magellan asked if he could offer his services elsewhere

In 1518, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan led a fleet of five little ships and 258 sailors from a variety of nations

Magellan had every intention of visiting Serrão in the island paradise

Thirty-eight days later, Magellan spied the Pacific Ocean and wept with joy.

Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands must not violate the treaty.

Magellan spoke excitedly of his intention to sail along the eastern coast of what is now called South America until the land ended

Magellan spoke excitedly of his intention to sail along the eastern coast of what is now called South America until the land ended and he would be able to turn west toward the Spice Islands;

Magellan located a rumored passage near the southern tip of South America.

Magellan seemed a remote, imperious figure, authoritarian and arbitrary, a man whose every word was law

Ten days later Magellan's fleet reached what is now called the Philippines

In the Philippines, Magellan blundered into a confrontation with a combative local chieftain, Lapu Lapu.

The grant of lands, for instance, proved more generous than Magellan had any right to expect.

severe storm sprang up. The strong offshore winds blew Magellan's ships out to sea

In the morning, Magellan dispatched a rescue team. When they found only the abandoned longboat

King Charles followed the advice, and Magellan and Faleiro retained his backing in spite of pressure from Portugual.

they had arrived at the Strait of Magellan

During those brief days in the Canaries, Magellan busied himself with the final provisioning of his fleet.