28th of November, 1520
Pigafetta’s Map of Magellan’s Straits. 21 October 1520: The fleet reaches Cabo Vírgenes on the feast of St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins at… Read More »28th of November, 1520
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21st of October, 1520
14 September: The four remaining ships of the fleet reach Rio Santa Cruz at latitude 50° S, where they remain until 18 October. 21 October:… Read More »21st of October, 1520
24th of August, 1520
The voyage is resumed. 6- Port St. Julian- Port of St. CruzDeparture on August 24, 1520- Arrival August 26, 1521. 2-day journey. Partimos al fin… Read More »24th of August, 1520
31 March 1520
(…) and we then no longer measured the Sun until we went to a port called St Julian, and there we entered the final day of… Read More »31 March 1520
31st of March, 1520
11–12 January: The fleet reaches the Rio de la Plata (98), which Magellan calls Rio de Solis after the explorer killed by natives there in… Read More »31st of March, 1520
2 March 1520
Thursday, 2, rather Friday, 2 day of the month of March, I measured the Sun at 43o 50’, with a declination of 3o 10’, since our distance… Read More »2 March 1520
28 February 1520
Tuesday, 28 of said month, I measured the Sun at 50o, with a declination of 4o 21’, and we were thus at 44o 21’, with a course… Read More »28 February 1520
29 February 1520
The 29th day of said month, I measured the Sun at 48o 1⁄2, and that day it had a declination of 4o, so we were at… Read More »29 February 1520
27 February 1520
The 27th day of said month, I measured the Sun at 50o 1⁄4 with a declination of 4o 3⁄4, our elevation thus being 44o, and here we… Read More »27 February 1520