Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time. The Portuguese explorer was killed by islanders in the ...

Professor Rafael Rodriguez-Ponga shared how the word "Pacific" has ties to Guam as it was first documented during Ferdinand Magellan's voyage 500 years ago. This year, Guam commemorates the 500-year ...

Nearly 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan started the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, landing on Guam a couple of years into his journey, in March 1521. As governments, universities and ...

This biography of Ferdinand Magellan, who in 1519 commanded the "most remarkable and perilous [voyage] in seafaring history," rarely captures the drama of its subject. Not only does the pageantry of ...

The explorer died on a Philippines beach in April 1521, joining the scores who perished in Spain's quest to circumnavigate the globe. At the southernmost tip of South America lies a perilous strait ...

Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time. This is what Magellan's carrack looked like P Pulse News Agency ...