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

Extraordinary 3D images show the Titanic’s final moments after the famous ship struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic ...

But it took more than three months and Magellan was to die in one of the Philippines during a battle with the indigenous people for supplies. From then on the expedition was in command of the ...

Just four days later, Titanic’s maiden voyage became an international tragedy ... washed out to sea as the crew prepared to launch it. Magellan’s scans also reveal how parts of the wreck ...

The captain of that vessel, Edward L. Beach, always took as a reference for his mission the voyage begun by Magellan and completed by Elcano, to the point that he followed the same itinerary. Captain ...