Quotes About Exploration

There is no conclusive evidence that Magellan saw this map, either

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

The prospect of a Portuguese leading a Spanish expedition through Portuguese waters

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.

Juan de Aranda, an ambitious merchant, took the Portuguese navigator aside

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

The Edge of the World

Even the daring Schöner hesitated to depict the western coast of South America;

Ferdinand Magellan never thought of himself as anything other than a devout Catholic.

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 only choice left to them was a slavish adherence to Magellan's authority, even if it led over the edge of the world. There were two important exceptions to the general clemency:

Ferdinand Magellan and his brother Diogo moved to Lisbon, where they became pages at the royal court;

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.

Among those in attendance at Santa María de la Victoria that day was a Venetian scholar named Antonio Pigafetta