Ferdinand Magellan was sure enough a courageous private in addition to an special navigator, having crossed the Atlantic, maneuvered through a dangerous, unmapped strait in addition to rallied his crew equally they spent months on an unknown body of body of water (the Pacific), dying off from malnutrition in addition to scurvy. Then again, he took on slaves, ordered the slaughter of many native villagers in addition to left 2 mutineers on a small, uninhabited island.
And but equally his destination was close to live realized, having received a warm welcome from natives inwards the Philippines, he attacks a manly someone monarch in addition to his tribe who refused to convert to Catholicism; Magellan was killed inwards that battle in addition to his remains were never recovered. In to a greater extent than stark terms, Magellan survived 19 months at sea, oft nether trying weather condition in addition to inwards uncharted waters, to perish on a beach inwards the Philippines during a battle of his ain making.
Of course, Magellan's journeying began non long later the Castilian Inquisition, when religious fervor was at a peak. But hither was a homo who undertook a treacherous circumnavigation of our planet based on the leading scientific assessments of his twenty-four hr menstruum exclusively to succumb to religious mysticism. On both counts he taught humanity a peachy deal.
See the previous iii posts for details, all taken from Over the Edge of the World, yesteryear Laurence Bergreen
And but equally his destination was close to live realized, having received a warm welcome from natives inwards the Philippines, he attacks a manly someone monarch in addition to his tribe who refused to convert to Catholicism; Magellan was killed inwards that battle in addition to his remains were never recovered. In to a greater extent than stark terms, Magellan survived 19 months at sea, oft nether trying weather condition in addition to inwards uncharted waters, to perish on a beach inwards the Philippines during a battle of his ain making.
Of course, Magellan's journeying began non long later the Castilian Inquisition, when religious fervor was at a peak. But hither was a homo who undertook a treacherous circumnavigation of our planet based on the leading scientific assessments of his twenty-four hr menstruum exclusively to succumb to religious mysticism. On both counts he taught humanity a peachy deal.
See the previous iii posts for details, all taken from Over the Edge of the World, yesteryear Laurence Bergreen
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