The Shellback Club reviewed YouTube videos on Magellan: Ferdinand Magellan Voyages of Discovery – Circumnavigation, Parts 1-4.* The question remains: was Magellan really the first circumnavigator of the world? Today, that assertion is questioned. The session included two more videos: How Magellan Circumnavigated the Globe (a TED-ED session with Ewandro Magalhaes) and Nao Victoria – First Ship that Sailed Around the World (a look at a replica ship now on view in Malaga, Spain. You may wish to also view: Chile - in the wake of Magellan and the Cape Horners on board the Mare Australis. LINKS TO THE VIDEOS Ferdinand Magellan Voyages of Discovery - Circumnavigation Part 1/4 Ferdinand Magellan Voyages of Discovery - Circumnavigation Part 2/4 Ferdinand Magellan Voyages of Discovery - Circumnavigation Part 3/4 Ferdinand Magellan Voyages of Discovery - Circumnavigation Part 4/4 How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Nao Victoria - First Ship which Sailed Around the World Chile - in the wake of Magellan and the Cape Horners on board the Mare Australis. The journal of Pigafetta (a sailor on the Magellan voyage). Pigafetta's journal offers invaluable information to our understanding of what happened on the Victoria. A translation can be read here.
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