4th-6th of April 1521
[6th April: The fleet departs Limasawa.] [4th April: Accompanied by Colambu, the expedition leaves for Cebu and heads to Leyte Island: reaches the waters of… Read More »4th-6th of April 1521
[6th April: The fleet departs Limasawa.] [4th April: Accompanied by Colambu, the expedition leaves for Cebu and heads to Leyte Island: reaches the waters of… Read More »4th-6th of April 1521
[Magellan has Easter mass celebrated on Limasawa Island.] [Colambu permits a Christian mass to celebrate Christ’s resurrection.] El domingo de Pascua, que era el último… Read More »31st of March, 1521
[Europeans make their first contact with Filipinos on Homonhon Island.] [Our ancestors from Suluan discover in Homonhon the helpless crew. Magellan embraces the local chief… Read More »18th of March, 1521
[The fleet sights the mountains of Samar in the Philippines and anchors at the island of Suluan at latitude 11° N.] [16 March: From Guam,… Read More »16th-17th of March, 1521
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
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
The fleet reaches Rio de Janeiro at latitude 22° 54 ́ S. Cuando hubimos pasado la línea equinoccial, acercándonos al polo antártico, perdimos de vista… Read More »13th of December, 1519
The fleet departs Seville, anchoring at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the outport of Seville, for more than a month, in order to add to the provisions.… Read More »10th of August, 1519
[This portion is undated, serving as prologue to the actual commencement of the voyage on August 10, 1519] NAVEGACIÓN Y DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA INDIA SUPERIOR,… Read More »20th of October 1518