Quotes About Authority

Magellan ordered a detail to draw and quarter Quesada's body.

It was not that he lacked discipline, or the support of the men; the problem was that Espinosa, a soldier, was simply not qualified to command a ship.

The Captain General subjected the two conspirators to a fresh court-martial.

depended to make decisions concerning affairs of state.

King Manuel ordered the harassment of Magellan's relatives who remained in their homeland.

order all my relatives and heirs to put no other stone nor shield of arms in my house

if they continued with their plan to sail for Spain; they would offend God, King Manuel

Magellan replied that he had formally renounced his allegiance to King Manuel and given his loyalty to King Charles.

and, to his astonishment, the king replied that Magellan was free to do as he

Officers ranked just above the sailors and specialists in the fleet's hierarchy.

the boatswain, or contramaestre; the boatswain's mate; and the alguacil.

This was not a job designed to endear him to the other crew members, and the alguacil stood apart from the rest of the crew.

and finally the captain. Each of the top three officers had his own page (as Captain General, Magellan

The officers had their own cabins, cramped, to be sure, but a mark of distinction

they rarely ate with the crew. To most of the men aboard the fleet, even the flagship, Trinidad, Ferdinand Magellan

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

and lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands.

to grant to you . . . the twentieth part, and shall besides receive the title of Lieutenant and Governors of the said lands

Columbus physically attacked Fonseca's accountant, kicking and assaulting him as a proxy for Fonseca himself.

the balance of power over trading privileges had shifted decisively from the explorer to the crown.

her right hand gently, even protectively, rests on a globe to symbolize her newly acquired power in world affairs.

The king of Portugal had dispatched not one but two fleets of caravels to arrest him—a drastic measure

They replied that their only advice was that they were willing to do as he commanded. Magellan .

Many people have replaced religion with scientism in Western culture. Scientists are the new priests.