Quotes About Exploration

The lure of spices impelled sober, cautious financiers to back highly risky expeditions to unknown parts of the globe

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

Marco Polo aprendeu a ultrapassar a sua condição de estrangeiro no Império Mongol, para chegar à conclusão de que, agora que estava em casa, tinha-se tornado uma vez mais um estrangeiro.

marked the first time that Pigafetta tested his firsthand experiences against the claims of ancient writers, in this case Pliny

Though hardly a revolutionary insight, the comment set Pigafetta apart from sages such as Pliny and Marco Polo

King Charles followed the advice, and Magellan and Faleiro retained his backing in spite of pressure from Portugual.

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

From this time on, Drake became a preoccupation for the Spanish, who condemned him as a "Lutheran heretic

And on it he indicated the route he proposed to take.

During those brief days in the Canaries, Magellan busied himself with the final provisioning of his fleet.

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

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

Portugal was the first European nation to exploit the sea for spices and the global empire that went along with them.

Only Seville was capable of providing Magellan with the technology, the labor, and the financial resources

were inspired by Ptolemy. Had Magellan comprehended the size of the Pacific

its currents, storms, and reefs, it is unlikely that he would have dared to mount an expedition.

The quest began as early as 1419, when Prince Henry, the third son of João I and his English wife, Philippa

Known as Prince Henry the Navigator, he rarely went to sea himself; instead, he inspired others to conquer the ocean.

without the Pacific Ocean to inform his calculations, the estimated length of his route came to only half the actual distance.

predicted that it would take him at most two years to reach the Spice Islands and return to Spain with ships bulging with precious cargo.

Although Magellan was normally meticulous in preparing the ships, this time he was too trusting of his suppliers.

he would have to do was find a way to get around or through South America