Weiter zu British Wildlife. Conservation Land Management. Weiter zu Conservation Land Management. Publisher: University of Toronto Press. Click to have a closer look. About this book Customer reviews Related titles. Images Additional images. About this book On August 10, , five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the earth.
Customer Reviews Review this book. Current promotions. Much Ado About Mothing. More Info. A Life on Our Planet. Owls of the Eastern Ice. Diary of a Young Naturalist. A Most Remarkable Creature. Detail of a map showing the Victoria , the only ship from the armada to successfully circumnavigate the earth.
This voyage took over six months, during which the crew subsisted on rice alone. On September 6, , the Victoria at last reached harbor in Spain, nearly three years after first setting out. Of the original strong crew, only eighteen had survived. Map showing the route and chronology of the circumnavigation voyage from to Both the sailors of the Victoria , as well as the crew of the San Antonio who had turned back from the Strait of Magellan in , disparaged him. In Spain, the circumnavigation is known as the Magellan-Elcano expedition.
Engraving of Juan de Elcano, left ; Juan de Elcano's coat of arms, bearing the phrase, "Primus circumdedisti me" "First to circumnavigate me" right.
The first recorded circumnavigation had important political, economic, and scientific consequences. Spain calculated the total circumference of the globe for the first time, and determined that the Pacific was much wider than previously guessed, meaning that they owned some of the Pacific islands as demarcated by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Spain took control of the Philippines, and began exploration of the East Pacific. Cross erected by Magellan's crew on the island of Cebu. This would have lasting effects on global strategy and economies, and propel Spain to the height of European power.
Perhaps just as important for us today, however, is the establishment of the International Date Line. Upon return to Spain, the sailors of the Victoria learned that they were a day behind in their reckoning.
Many mysteries of the globe were revealed. Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Stanton Foundation. Skip to main content. The Ohio State University. Department of History. Home Topics Africa. Middle East. North America.
International Relations Religion Education Sports. Sixty thousand miles later, and after the death of 80 percent of those involved, the expedition had proven that the globe could be circumnavigated and opened the door to European colonization of the New World in the name of commerce.
Lapu-Lapu, the Mactan ruler whose forces killed Magellan, is often credited with slaying the explorer. As a result, notes Ocampo, he has become a national hero in the Philippines. Though Lapu-Lapu likely did not do the deed, he is widely commemorated as a symbol of Filipino resistance and pride.
A monument that shows the battle itself—and the group effort that brought down an epic explorer—will take its place. All rights reserved. Culture News. Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again. In September , Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria depicted on a map , made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world.
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