Monday, October 17, 2016
Magellan\'s Great Expedition
On August 10, 1519, five ships (Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, and Santiago) at a lower place Magellans command left Seville and travelled from the Guadalquivir River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda at the peach of the river, where they remained more than five weeks. Spanish authorities were wary of the Portuguese admiral and almost prevented Magellan from weather sheeting, and switched his ring of mostly Portuguese work force with men of Spain, exactly on September 20, Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men. queer Manuel ordered a marine detachment to pursue Ferdinand Magellan, but Magellan avoided the Portuguese. After stopping at the Canary Islands, Ferdinand Magellan arrived at the drapery Verde Islands, where they set course for drape St. Augustine in Brazil. On November 27, they cut across the equator; on December 6, the cluster sighted Brazil. \nSince Brazil was Portuguese territory, Magellan avoided it, and on December 13 anchored near present-day Rio de Janeiro. in that respect the conspiracy was resupplied, but bighearted conditions caused them to delay. Afterwards, they continued to sail southwest along South the Statess eastbound coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would train to the Spice Islands. The fleet reached RÃo de la Plata on January 10, 1520. On March 30, the crew established a result that they called Puerto San Julian. A mutiny involving both of the five ship passkeys st genius-broke out. It was unsuccessful because the crew remained loyal. Sebastian del Cano was one of those who were forgiven. Antonio Pigafetta relates that Gaspar Quesada, the master copy of Concepcion, was executed; Juan de Cartagena, the captain of the San Antonio, and a priest named beginner Sanchez dela Reina were instead marooned on the coast. Another account states that Luis de Mendoza, the captain of Victoria, was executed along with Quesada.[4] \nThe crack of Magellan cut through the so uthern tip of South America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.The journey resumed. ...
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