We all know the names of several of its protagonists: Magellan, Elcano, Pigafetta, Charles I… Today we are going to see the story of another whose casual participation in this adventure had a decisive ...

The man who had captained these survivors on their long journey home, however, was not Magellan—killed in the Philippines more than a year before—but a Basque seaman named Juan Sebastián Elcano.

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 ...

I guess Magellan (rather than Elcano) sticks in the public consciousness because of expert PR work. You know, “Magellan would have sailed all the way himself if not for that ‘getting killed in ...

Magellan was killed in a fight with islanders in the Philippines on April 21, 1521. The Trinidad was ultimately smashed by a storm. Nevertheless, ...

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 ...

Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan. But the combination of bad maps, bad calculations and the fact that he was the first European to be in these waters, turned this "short cruise" into a ...

Magellan was killed in a fight with islanders in the Philippines on April 21, 1521. The Trinidad was ultimately smashed by a storm. Nevertheless, Magellan is credited with being the mastermind ...

This year marks the quincentenary of the publication of First Voyage Around the World, 1519-1522: An Account of Ferdinand Magellan’s Expedition.First published in 1525, this travelogue was ...