Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal ... The Portuguese controlled this route. But Magellan wondered if it was possible to reach the Spice Islands by going west around the newly discovered ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China ... Others, like Ferdinand Magellan and Francisco Pizarro, were met with violent ...

We meet our presenters, Jenny and Wayne, before setting our chronometers to travel to the year 1492 to meet Christopher Columbus. You must enable JavaScript to play ...

who sought a westward route to India and instead discovered the Americas. The narrative also touches upon the subsequent voyages of explorers like Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, as well as ...