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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Magellan\'s Great Expedition

On August 10, 1519, five ships (Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, and Santiago) on a lower floor Magellans command left Seville and travelled from the Guadalquivir River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda at the blab of the river, where they remained more than five weeks. Spanish authorities were wary of the Lusitanian admiral and almost prevented Magellan from weather sheeting, and switched his mob of mostly Portuguese work force with men of Spain, still on September 20, Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men. pouf Manuel ordered a nautical 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 pallium St. Augustine in Brazil. On November 27, they go through the equator; on December 6, the caboodle sighted Brazil. \nSince Brazil was Portuguese territory, Magellan avoided it, and on December 13 anchored near present-day Rio de Janeiro. on that point the crowd was resupplied, but wild conditions caused them to delay. Afterwards, they continued to sail sulfur along South the Statess easternmost coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would unravel to the Spice Islands. The fleet reached Río de la Plata on January 10, 1520. On March 30, the crew established a hamlet that they called Puerto San Julian. A mutiny involving twain of the five ship master copys skint out. It was unsuccessful because the crew remained loyal. Sebastian del Cano was iodine of those who were forgiven. Antonio Pigafetta relates that Gaspar Quesada, the professional of Concepcion, was executed; Juan de Cartagena, the captain of the San Antonio, and a priest named sky pilot 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 sound of Magellan cut through the grey tip of Sou th America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.The journey resumed. ...

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