Magellan

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Magellan

In the early 1500’s, almost four and a half centuries before men first orbited
the earth; an expedition completed and led by Ferdinand Magellan performed a
task of comparable significance for that time period. Magellan, a Portuguese
navigator for Spain, sailed westward with a fleet of five ships from the port of
Sanlucar de Barrameda in September, 1519. Nearly three years later one ship
returned, having circumnavigated the globe and crossed its largest ocean. A
Philippine battle is where Magellan died and only left his crew to tell about
the voyage. Maximilian of Transylvania, a native of Brussels, was present when
the only one of Magellan’s ships reached Sanlucar }. Maximilian assisted with
the interrogations of the expedition survivors. Besides taking part in the
official interviews, he questioned the returned mariners, quickly digested their
accounts, and then rushed to get his letter off to Cardinal-Archbishop Lang of
Salzburg who was also his father. Initially, Maximilian wrote the letter to
practice his Latin and enhance his own fame. The document is important not only
for the valuable information it contains, but also because it was the first
account released to the European public of the great voyage. Maximilian was the
secretary to Charles V and made a lifelong study of overseas affairs. He is
credited with having made a terrestrial globe, surpassing all others of the
time, and which the precision of the map was proved by Magellan. His letter is
undeniably one of the most valuable sources of information about the Magellan
voyage. In fact, it was the only printed account of the expedition for some
time. Magellan’s voyage set sail on the 10th of August, 1519, with five ships
from Seville, Spain. Three moths later, Maximilian tells how Magellan’s crew
was forced to seek shelter for the winter at Port San Julian which is on the
eastern coast of South America....

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