Quotes About Adventure

Few among them had confidence that Magellan could lead them to the edge of the world and beyond

Nevertheless, he did not honor this promise. Just as Magellan feared

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

The Spice Islands were too valuable to entrust to the luck and skill of a single explorer.

explore its murky and seductive reaches. Santiago spent two days sailing upstream

and sealing leaks. There was also a complement of divers aboard the fleet, whose job it was to swim under the ships

Laurence Bergreen

You must so conduct this voyage of discovery that you do not encroach upon the demarcation

King Charles conferred the title of captain on both Magellan and Faleiro.

Magellan could only have marveled at the speed with which his plan to reach the Spice Islands had come together.

Magellan, who left nothing to accident, had an assignment for Pigafetta; the young Italian diplomat

and free-flowing account in the tradition of other popular travel works of the day;

Two of the most consequential figures of this era, Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth, knew the expedition's true purpose:

but "of all the dangers that in our whole voyage we met with

The Magellan of February teetered on the brink of being murdered by the men he commanded.

And Magellan came well armed for what would be the most important meeting of his life.

Magellan of October was on the

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

what would actually occur once he set forth from Seville.

13, 1519, the fleet entered the lush and gorgeous Bay of Saint Lucy and approached the mouth of the River of January—Rio de Janeiro.

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

Heaving long passed the point of no return to South America

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

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