Wondering why in this day and age not more people know the truth about Magellan 🧐🤔 For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Magellan, in fact, did not attempt, much less accomplish, journey around the globe, and in his own lifetime the explorer was actually abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a failure. His real ambitions were in fact, focused less on circumnavigating the world or cornering the global spice market and more on exploiting Filipino gold. Though the expedition was the first from Europe to cross the Pacific Ocean. Magellan died during the voyage, and the expedition was completed by Spaniard Juan Sebastián Elcano. Elcano returned to Spain in September 1522 with a crew of only 18 men. 📹: antisocstudies Wondering why in this day and age not more people know the truth about Magellan 🧐🤔 For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry. Magellan, in fact, did not attempt, much less accomplish, journey around the globe, and in his own lifetime the explorer was actually abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant and dismissed as a failure. His real ambitions were in fact, focused less on circumnavigating the world or cornering the global spice market and more on exploiting Filipino gold. Thought the expedition was the first from Europe to cross the Pacific Ocean. Magellan died during the voyage, and the expedition was completed by Spaniard Juan Sebastián Elcano. Elcano returned to Spain in September 1522 with a crew of only 18 men. 📹: antisocstudies/IG
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