The Man Who Unlocked the World
When men first went under the moon, they went with mathematical precision where they were and how they go. And they could communicate with home. But most when Ferdinand five small wooden boats over 70 feet between them [21] m long, a length comparable to a semi-trailer has left modern Spain, in 1519, Magellan, they drove toward the unknown. And they were all alone. Among the boldest, most daring nautical exploits of all time, travel Magellanic a monument to the great age of exploration is an age of courage and fear, euphoria and tragedy God and Mammon. Lets go back, then around 1480, when Ferdinand Magellan was born in northern Portugal, and take a look at the remarkable man who unlocked the world and his epic journey. From farm to Fearless Mariner page Magellan family are members of the nobility, if, as is the custom, while Ferdinand is still a young boy, he is known as a page the royal court. Here, in addition to obtaining an education, he learned first hand about the exploits of men like Christopher Columbus, who has just returned from America after a sea route to the West’s legendary Spice Islands (Indonesia) requested. Young Ferdinand soon dreams of the day, if he can hear the beat of the overhead screen on his face and feel the spray of the sea unexplored. This is unfortunately in 1495 his patron, King John, was murdered and the Duke Manual, which is the wealth, but not exploration, takes the throne. For some reason ignored hate Handbook 15-year-old Ferdinand and his wishes for years to go to sea, but when Vasco da Gama returned from India, laden with spices, Manuel feels rich. Finally, in 1505, he gave permission to go to Magellan Magellan Wed goes to East Africa and India to help a Portuguese armada to wrest control of the spice trade from Arab merchants. It is then further east to Malacca with another military expedition. During a skirmish in Morocco in 1513, Magellan was seriously wounded in the knee. As a result, he limps for the rest of his life. He asks Manuel for an increase in his pension. But the hostility of Manuel is not the least of the recent exploits of Magellan, reduced, and the bravery of the victims. He sent on his way to live with just enough good taste in poverty. In this lowest point in the life of Magellan, he is visited by an old friend, the famous navigator João de Lisboa. The two discussed ways to reach the Spice Islands to the south-west, cutting through El Paso rumored throughout South America, then across the ocean, the strait, that Balboa had discovered recently when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. They believe that, on the other side of this ocean lie the Spice Islands. Magellan now evil, what can be done to Columbus, the route from West to East, which he does not believe is shorter than the eastern route. But he needs financial support. So still the pain of the heat of anger Manuel, he does what Columbus himself a few years earlier, he tried the auspices of the King of Spain. Is the King of Spain? Listen found with graphics, Magellan presents his arguments in the young King Charles I of Spain, who is most interested in western route of Magellan to Spice Islands, because it would encroach on Portuguese maritime routes meet. Also told him that the Spice Islands, Magellan can not actually on Spanish territory, the Portuguese! See “The Treaty of Tordesillas. Charles is won. It gives Magellan five old ships to ascend the expedition, made him the captain-general of the fleet, and promises him a share in the benefits of spices at home. Magellan will begin work immediately. But because King Manuel slyly attempts to sabotage the project, it takes more than a year before the fleet is finally ready for its epic journey. > “The greatest feat of navigation history” September 20, 1519, San Antonio, Concepcion, Victoria, Santiago and tracking down to the last major lighthouse Magellan, the Trinity, the second largest ship, sails, like South America. On December 13 they reached Brazil, and under the majestic view from Pao de Acucar or Sugarloaf Mountain, they give the beautiful Bay of Rio de Janeiro for repairs and supplies. Then they continued south in what is now Argentina, always alert for El Paso, the famous passage to another sea Meanwhile , the days get colder and icebergs appear. Finally, March 31, 1520 decision, Magellan, cold winter in the port of San Julián. The journey has now six times more than Columbus first Atlantic crossing is not yet adopted the road! The atmosphere is as varied as the weather frigid San Julián, and men, including some of the captains and officers are desperate to return home. It is not surprising when a mutiny broke out. But with the quick and decisive action on the part of Magellan, he failed, and two leaders were killed. The presence of foreign vessels in port nature arouses the curiosity of great people and Hardy. Feeling like dwarfs beside these giants, call the visitors as the land of Patagonia from a Spanish word meaning big feet “its name today. Also, watch “Sea Wolves of the same size for calves, and black and white geese, which eat under water, fish swim and spout like crows. Yes, you guessed it have seals and penguins! polar vulnerable to sudden, violent storms, and before winter is over, the fleet suffers its first casualty of the small Santiago. Fortunately, however, the crew wreck the earth saved. Then the four remaining vessels, such as small moths in the battered charm tireless book icy gales south into cooler waters in the wings October 21. through spraying and sleet, all eyes are locked on an opening to the West. El Paso Yes? Finally, they turn and enter the strait later known as the Strait of Magellan! But this moment of triumph is tarnished. The San Antonio disappears voluntarily in the maze of straits and return to Spain. The three other ships, flanked by dark fjords and snowcapped peaks, doggedly force their way through the winding road. In the south they spot countless fires Perhaps the Indian camps, so they call this land Tierra del Fuego, “Land of Fire.” The Pacific Ordeal After five agonizing weeks
you browse a sea so calm that Magellan named the Pacific. The men pray, sing hymns, and salute their conquest with their cannons. But their euphoria was short-lived. Woe to all what they have experienced so far, the waiting for him, because this is not the little lake, they should continue it again and again, and men are hungry and weak and sick. Antonio Pigafetta, a hardy Italian, keeps a diary. It wrote: “On Wednesday, the twenty-eighth session, 1520, we have … Came into the Pacific Ocean, where we stayed for three months and twenty days, and the provisions … We ate only old biscuit reduced to powder, and full of maggots and smelling of the earth that had rats on them … and we drank the yellow water stank. We also ate the ox hides …, sawdust from rats and cost half a crown each, have been the way, not enough of them. “Just like the fresh trade winds their sails and clear water slips beneath their keel, the men are rotting from scurvy. Nineteen of the time they reach the Marianas Islands, died March 6, 1521. But here, due to hostilities with the Islanders, they manage to get some fresh food before sailing on. Finally, on March 16, they sight in the Philippines. At the end, all good men to eat, rest, and then their health and strength. Reduction of Tragedy A Dream a deeply religious man, he converted Magellan, many local people and their leaders to Catholicism. But his zeal is also his downfall. He is involved in a dispute between the tribes, and with only 60 men, attacks some 1,500 inhabitants, believing crossbow, musket, and God himself to victory. Instead, he and some of his men killed. Magellan is about 41st Loyal Pigafetta laments: “They killed our mirror, light, comfort and true leader. A few days later, about 27 officers who had done something other than the clock security of their ships, put to death by the once friendly chiefs. When Magellan died, he fell into familiar waters. A little south lay the Spice Islands and the West, Malacca, where he had fought in 1511. If, as some historians believe he sailed to the Philippines after the battle of Malacca, but he did, indeed, the world go round, but not, of course, on a trip. He had reached the Philippines both the East and West. three ships is impossible, so they sink the Concepción and sail the other two vessels to their final destination, Spice Islands. Then, after loading with spices, to separate the two vessels. But the crew of the Trinidad fight is captured and imprisoned by the Portuguese. But the Victoria, under the command of ex-mutineer Juan Sebastián Elcano, is deleted. Skip all ports Bar One, they may Highway Portuguese around the Cape of Good Hope. Do not stop for food, however, is a costly strategy. When they finally reached Spain September 6, 1522 three years after their departure that 18 sick, emaciated men survived. However, they are the undisputed land browser first. And Elcano is a hero. Incredible, pay the Victoria’s 26 tons of spices for the expedition! Magellan For years Magellan is denied his true place in history. Influenced by the reports of the mutinous captains, said the Spanish smear his name, he was harsh and incompetent. The Portuguese label him a traitor. Unfortunately, he disappeared lied when he died, probably destroyed by the exposure they would. But thanks to the indomitable Pigafetta one of the world 18 marine and about 5 other members of the expedition, we have at least a trace of this tragic, but extraordinary journey. At the time, reviewed the history of his appeal, and today the name Magellan duly honored. A street bears his name, and the Magellanic Clouds, two galaxies fuzzy south first described by its crew and the space probe Magellan. And, of course, we need the name of the world’s largest ocean in the Pacific to Magellan. a In fact, “no man of such importance to Travel Apollo 11 landed 447 years later on the moon,” writes Richard Humble, in The Voyage of Magellan. Why the trip was so important? Firstly, it proved that the Americas were neither part nor in the vicinity of Asia, as Columbus had thought. Second, at the end of the trip, a gap of one day dates have stressed the need for international date line. And finally, as science writer Isaac Asimov said it showed that the Earth is a sphere. Yes shown on this last point, Magellan practical way what the Bible itself had said 2250 years. (Compare Isaiah 40:22, Job 26:7.) Without doubt, the deeply religious man who unlocked the world would have been happy with that.
