Quotes About Voyage

Late that night, Concepción stirred with life. The captain, Quesada, lowered himself into a longboat

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

Concepción 90 tons, Victoria 85 tons;

that he, and not they, had the final say on the conduct of the entire voyage.

Al cuarto!" they cried. Al cuarto! On deck! On deck!

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

would be coming along with them in one of the ships.

privacy did not exist aboard these ships—and if the sea happened to be rough

After several months at sea, the five ships of the Armada

his voyage opened new possibilities for Portuguese trade and conquest.

and that figure covered just enough food to see them through the first leg or two of the voyage.

Elizabeth crossed the Sargasso Sea without incident

The Solis-Pinzón expedition, which embarked in 1508, discovered nothing, and when the expedition's two ships returned to Spain

and on May 5 sailed northeast into the North Atlantic.

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.

sailed along its coast, and spotted a tribe that seemed friendly, at least from a distance. In good spirits

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

Qualified sailors were rare in Seville, and qualified sailors willing to risk their lives on a voyage to the Spice Islands rarer still.

Then there was the question of Magellan's nationality.

guarantee this voyage, he had sacrificed his allegiance to his homeland, his partnership with Ruy Faleiro

him, it was the fulfillment of a divine prophecy. To his Sovereigns and their ministers, it was intended as a landgrab and a way to plunder gold. Instead, it became, through forces Columbus inadvertently set in motion and only dimly understood, the most important voyage of its kind ever made.

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

The fleet's barber was named Hernando Bustamente, who shipped out aboard Concepción