They conquered Malacca in August that year. One of his friends carried on to the Spice Islands. The letters he sent to Magellan about the place would change the explorer's life. Back in Portugal ...

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from ...

I JUST sailed near the end of the earth closer to Antarctica than anywhere else through the tip of South America. This area is the renowned Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the ...