Magellan's Unexpected Journey around the Globe
Clip: Season 19 Episode 1 | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
The expedition to the Spice Islands becomes an unexpectedly long trip for Magellan’s crew.
The expedition to the Spice Islands becomes an unexpectedly long, arduous trip for Ferdinand Magellan and his crew. While he believed the Islands to be only 600 nautical miles away from the tip of South America, they were in reality 20,000 nautical miles away, extending the length of the trip by months.
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Magellan's Unexpected Journey around the Globe
Clip: Season 19 Episode 1 | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
The expedition to the Spice Islands becomes an unexpectedly long, arduous trip for Ferdinand Magellan and his crew. While he believed the Islands to be only 600 nautical miles away from the tip of South America, they were in reality 20,000 nautical miles away, extending the length of the trip by months.
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Preview: S19 Ep1 | 32s | Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition resulted in the first circumnavigation of the globe. (32s)
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