The expedition to the Spice Islands becomes an unexpectedly long, arduous trip for Ferdinand Magellan and his crew. While he believed the Islands to be only 600 nautical miles away from the tip of ...

500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set sail to gain control of the global spice trade. What resulted was the first circumnavigation of the earth, laying the groundwork for colonization and ...

Ferdinand Magellan's ambitious 1519 voyage, funded by Spain, aimed to find a western route to the Spice Islands. Despite facing mutinies, starvation, and storms, his fleet discovered a passage through ...

It was the 16th Century’s equivalent of the Apollo 11 moon landing. On Sept. 20, 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan left Sanlucar de Barrameda on the southwest coast of Spain with five small ...

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from today, 504 years ago, he would be dead, killed by tribesmen led by ...