Almost all of what is currently known about the first circumnavigation of the world, one of mankind’s greatest achievements, is from the writings of Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian born explorer who ser ...
Historian Laurence Bergreen joins Host Larry Mantle to tell the tale of the greatest maritime voyage of discovery, Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, from 1519-1522. It has been over ...
Four weary “air Magellans,” burnt by the wind, lined by the sun, reached Seattle, their round-the-earth goal. There they endured their final ovation, with sirens shrieking, crowds cheering, orators ...
Ferdinand Magellan's ambitious 1519 voyage, funded by Spain, aimed to find a western route to the Spice Islands. Despite ...
NEW BEDFORD — All aboard! For the second year in a row, the Nao Trinidad is headed back to Pope’s Island Marina. The 16th-century tall ship is a replica of the one that circumnavigated the globe with ...
From McCook Field, Dayton, four weary air Magellans took off (in two planes), flew to Chicago under perfect conditions in the easiest hop of their trip around the earth (TIME, Mar. 24 et seq.). In a ...
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