Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World (1519-1522)

In 1519, five small ships and around 270 men set out from Spain to do something no one had ever done - sail all the way around the entire planet. Three years later, a single ship and just 18 starving survivors limped home. The man who led them, Ferdinand Magellan, never made it back. In Episode 4, we sail the most punishing voyage of the entire Age of Exploration: the desperate search for a passage through the Americas, the mutiny at the bottom of the world, the freezing maze of the Strait of Magellan, the nightmare crossing of a Pacific no one knew was so vast, Magellan's death on a beach in the Philippines, and the impossible run home that made eighteen broken men the first to circle the globe. A story of staggering courage and staggering cost. Light on tone, honest on history, including its darker side. This is Episode 4 of our journey through the Age of Exploration. One episode left. Subscribe so you don't miss the finale. New episodes regularly - History with Rohrmann. Chapters: 00:00 270 set out, 18 came home 00:41 The prize and the problem 03:02 Five ships sail south 03:57 Mutiny at the bottom of the world 05:16 The freezing strait 06:18 Out into the Pacific 07:09 The starving crossing 07:54 The Philippines and Magellan's death 09:45 The spices and the long way home 11:20 Eighteen men circle the world 12:48 How do we weigh Magellan? 14:18 What it all unleashed (finale) #History #AgeOfExploration #Magellan