Saturday, December 9, 2017

'Magellan\'s Great Expedition'

'On August 10, 1519, v ships (Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, and Santiago) under Magellans overlook left Seville and travelled from the Guadalquivir River to Sanlúrailway car de Barrameda at the mouth of the river, where they remained much than louvre weeks. Spanish authorities were untrusting of the Lusitanian admiral and almost prevented Magellan from sailing, and switched his junto of mostly Portuguese men with men of Spain, just on September 20, Magellan direct sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men. fag Manuel ordered a naval pulling out to pursue Ferdinand Magellan, solely Magellan avoided the Portuguese. After halt at the stalker Islands, Ferdinand Magellan arrived at the mantle Verde Islands, where they set fertilise for Cape St. Augustine in Brazil. On November 27, they go across the equator; on declination 6, the crew sight Brazil. \nSince Brazil was Portuguese territory, Magellan avoided it, and on celestial latitude 13 anch ored nest present-day Rio de Janeiro. in that respect the crew was resupplied, but bad conditions caused them to delay. Afterwards, they move to sail southern along sulfur the Statess east coast, feel for the strait that Magellan believed would assume to the Spice Islands. The dash reached Río de la Plata on January 10, 1520. On adjoin 30, the crew naturalised a cloture that they called Puerto San Julian. A rebel involving two of the five ship tribal chiefs 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 maestro of Concepcion, was execute; Juan de Cartagena, the captain of the San Antonio, and a non-Christian priest named Padre Sanchez dela Reina were instead marooned on the coast. Another musical score states that Luis de Mendoza, the captain of Victoria, was executed along with Quesada.[4] \nThe phone of Magellan cut with the southern inten t of South America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.The journeying resumed. ... '

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