Quotes About Exploration

This provision made Magellan responsible to Cartagena for all commercial decisions.

masts, and rigging, practically every exposed surface of the ship except for the sails.

He chose to proceed north with extreme caution; he made sure to sound the waters

With their shallow draught and movable sails, Henry's caravels could set a course close to the wind

The privileged pages maintained the sixteen Venetian sand clocks—or ampolletas—carried by Magellan's ships.

maneuverable sails and impressive seaworthiness, caravels became the vessels of choice for exploration.

Magellan lost all interest in his visitors and busied himself readying the flagship against attack.

Prince Henry sent no less than fourteen expeditions to Cape Bojador within twelve years

Years before Magellan arrived at the Río de la Plata, both Spanish and Portuguese ships had searched for the strait at this very point.

There was more. Cartagena was to function as the eyes and ears of the king throughout the voyage.

quietly made his way to San Antonio. He was joined there in the dark water lapping at the ship's hull by Juan de Cartagena

in 1434, Eannes finally accomplished what so many had said was impossible

He convinced Gil Eannes, a Portuguese explorer, to try once more

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

In 1513, only six years before Magellan undertook his circumnavigation, Juan Ponce de León set out to find the Fountain of Youth.

fifty leagues past the cape, they explored a large bay and came upon a caravan of men and camels.

Concepción 90 tons, Victoria 85 tons;

According to tradition, the fountain was located on the island of Bimini, in the Bahamas.

together with Alfonso Gonçalves Baldaya, returned to Cape Bojador;

Baldaya sailed farther south and collected thousands of sealskins;

With the exception of Santiago, a caravel, the ships were all classified as naos, a term that simply meant ships.

On subsequent voyages, Portuguese ships brought gold, animal hides, elephant tusks—and slaves.

to claim Bimini for Spain. In a fruitless search, Ponce de León explored the Bahamas and Puerto Rico

Every captain sponsored by Prince Henry was under orders to record the tides, the currents, and the winds