Quotes About Discovery

Schöner's globe depicted a strait cutting through the American continent in the approximate location

to land, they would have spotted penguins, sea lions, and even huge elephant seals lolling on the rocky shores.

they had gone ashore, they would have encountered an animal paradise of foxes, hares, puma, peregrine falcons, owls

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

Then there was the question of Magellan's nationality.

Magellan preferred to anchor offshore, away from danger, as he continued his single-minded quest for the strait.

he was changing the name of the flagship from Pelican to Golden Hind

and Cristóvão Rebêlo, his illegitimate son.

The fate of the expedition depended on finding it.

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

she would eventually become the most celebrated vessel of the Age of Discovery.

The Edge of the World

They asked to keep any "islands" they discovered for themselves, if they discovered more than six

well as permission to pass the newly discovered lands on to "our heirs and successors.

as he termed it, terra ulterior incog.—in other words, "the land that has been hitherto unknown.

the Armada de Molucca was at last ready to conquer the ocean.

Everything to the west was also unknown.

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

Schöner, like other cartographers of his era, shrank the immense Pacific

thanks to the legacy of Prince Henry the Navigator, algebra, geometry, astronomy, and navigation.

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

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