Quotes About Exploration

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

After six months at sea, Magellan's ability to lead the armada was still in grave doubt.

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

the first clause, King Charles appeared to accede to Magellan's insistence on a ten-year exclusive:

the more pragmatic Haro estimated that Magellan's expedition could yield a profit of 250 percent.

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

Magellan's pay came to 50,000 maravedís, and an additional 8,000 maravedís each month.

Unwilling to commit the entire fleet to the river, he dispatched Santiago, the smallest ship

As Magellan expected, Molino accepted the deal, as cruel as it was.

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

and sealing leaks. There was also a complement of divers aboard the fleet, whose job it was to swim under the ships

Laurence Bergreen

You must so conduct this voyage of discovery that you do not encroach upon the demarcation

King Charles conferred the title of captain on both Magellan and Faleiro.

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

Magellan could only have marveled at the speed with which his plan to reach the Spice Islands had come together.

Magellan, who left nothing to accident, had an assignment for Pigafetta; the young Italian diplomat

and free-flowing account in the tradition of other popular travel works of the day;

Two of the most consequential figures of this era, Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth, knew the expedition's true purpose:

but "of all the dangers that in our whole voyage we met with

And Magellan came well armed for what would be the most important meeting of his life.

Magellan of October was on the