Magellan

In the early 1500’s, almost four and a half centuries before men first orbited the earth; an expedition completed and led by Ferdinand Magellan performed a task of comparable significance for that time period. Magellan, a Portuguese navigator for Spain, sailed westward with a fleet of five ships from the port of Sanlucar de Barrameda in September, 1519. Nearly three years later one ship returned, having circumnavigated the globe and crossed its largest ocean. A Philippine …showed first 75 words of 624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 624 total…did not immediately recognize the importance of the Philippines, they had become the greatest Spanish trading center in the East. Magellan’s voyage would have never received the recognition that it deserved if citizens such as Maximilian didn’t properly document it. Magellan’s accomplishments in his three-year voyage were countless and forever will be remembered. It is because of explorers and historians like these, that we have the geological perfection of our globe today.