The Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan

Laura Knoy's picture
By Laura Knoy on Monday, October 13, 2003.
listen: Listen with Windows Media Player

In 1519, over a quarter-century after Christopher Columbus's first expedition, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set off with a fleet of five ships and 260 men with hopes to be the first to circumnavigate the globe and find a western route to the Spice Islands. The expedition ended up becoming a three year odyssey filled with sex, violence, death, mutiny and amazing adventure. We'll re-tell the incredible voyage of Ferdinand Magellan. Laura's guest is Laurence Bergreen, author of "Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe".

Related news:

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Winning the Right to Pollute

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Credit Unions Turn 100

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Phone Jamming Scandal Gets Hearing in US House

Related shows:

Thursday, July 24, 2008
The History of the Joke

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Gadget Nation

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday's Show

NPR News