What was the first voyage around the world like?

15 13, Barbo led the fleet across the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and landed in the Panama Strait. To the west of the New World is the Wang Yang Sea.

This new discovery made Barbour ecstatic. Barbo doesn't know how big the "Great South China Sea" is, but he believes that Asia must be not far from America, and the East is just opposite the Great South China Sea.

Shortly thereafter, the Portuguese Magellan put forward a plan to explore a new route to the King of Spain, sailing westward from the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the strait south of the "Holy Cross" in South America, and reaching the spice (Moluccas) islands. It is located in Spain's "Western Hemisphere" and should belong to Spain. At that time, the spice islands became a source of wealth for Portugal. Magellan also said that he was only active in Spain west of the demarcation line and was not prepared to enter Portugal's "scope". The plan was supported by the royal family.

1565438+On September 20th, 2009, Magellan led a voyage team consisting of five dilapidated ships and 256 people, which set out from the Spanish port of San Rugar and sailed to the coast of Brazil via the Canary Islands. When they crossed the Atlantic to the South American coast, they walked south along the east coast. 1520 in April, the fleet arrived at the port of St. Julian and spent the winter there.

1520 In August, one ship sank during the voyage, and the other four ships continued to go south and entered the present strait of magellan. They don't know whether it is a bay or a strait, where the coast is winding and the islands are staggered, and bad weather and snow block it. One ship escaped and the other three moved on. They went through all the hardships and sailed into the "Great South China Sea" after 38 days. There is a piece of land to the south of the strait. Navigators see that Ran Ran has light smoke rising during the day and fire at night, so they call it Tierra del Fuego.

The fleet headed northwest, crossed the equator and turned west. Strange to say, the voyage of more than three months did not encounter big waves. Sailors say that compared with the stormy waves in the Atlantic Ocean, this is a peaceful world. That's how the name "Pacific" came from.

It took more than three months to cross the Pacific Ocean, but I couldn't see the island and arrived at Maktan Island. Magellan landed with armed men and was killed in the battle with local residents.

In the Pacific Ocean, Magellan and his party happened not to encounter a big storm, but they paid a heavy price for finding a new route. The surviving crew continued to roam the sea, looking for the spice islands. Then another ship was damaged. The remaining two ships sailed at sea for several months and finally reached Damoka Island, where they found the spices they were looking for. Finally, only one ship, Victoria, under the command of Dinano, crossed the Indian Ocean, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope, and returned to the Spanish coast-San Rugar Port on September 6th, 1522. They were surprised to find that they had been heading west from Spain, and now they have returned to Spain from the east, which happened to be a big circle around the earth.

Magellan and his party completed the first round-the-world voyage in human history with extraordinary perseverance. There were five ships and 256 people on the voyage. There was only one ship and 18 people left when returning. Since then, people no longer doubt that the earth is a sphere. A resounding name "Earth" was born.