Quotes About Discovery

Their land route back to Port Saint Julian presented seemingly overwhelming obstacles:

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

anyone revealing discoveries or plans for missions of exploration could be executed.

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

which almost nothing was known in Europe.

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

Magellan brought with him many of Portugal's most precious and sensitive secrets: information about secret expeditions

he would be able to turn west toward the Spice Islands;

crucial part of the map was obscured, however: the part that showed a waterway extending through South America

but the sea yielded only a few planks broken off from Santiago's hull.

By March 6, 1521, the fleet reached the island of Guam

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

On March 1, 1579, Drake caught sight of the Spanish treasure ship

the exhausted crew finally reached the broad expanse of the river.

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

It is our wish and our will that of all the lands and islands that you shall discover

Mandeville argued that it was possible for people to circumnavigate the globe, but he warned

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

they had arrived at the Strait of Magellan

If a sailor devoted years of his life to getting there and back, and if he managed to bring home a small sack stuffed with spices

Magellan had a well-painted globe in which the entire world was depicted," wrote Bartolomé de las Casas

Magellan's conception of the world he planned to explore was fatally inaccurate.

He worked quickly—too quickly, as he would later discover to his horror

Like most explorers of the Age of Discovery, his ideas about the size of the globe, and location of landmasses