This year marks the quincentenary of the publication of First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522: An Account of Ferdinand ...

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal ... The Portuguese controlled this route. But Magellan wondered if it was possible to reach the Spice Islands by going west around the newly discovered ...

En route, one ship became disabled and ... While in the service of Spain, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the ...