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If you remember last time we left off with the voyage of Magellan just as it had left mainland Spain.

So let's just continue the story straight from there.

We'll be using the account of Antonio Pigafetta, who was actually there,

as well as the analysis of Lawrence Burgreen in his great book Over the Edge of the World.

Okay, we're told this, quote, on the 10th of August,

Antonio Pigafetta recorded in his diary, quote,

The Fleet, having been furnished with all that was necessary for it,

and having in the five ships, people of diverse nations to the number of 237 in all,

was ready to depart from Seville and firing all the

artillery we set sail with the stay sale only. Piccifetta's headcount probably omitted 20 crew

members who were also on board so it is closer to 260 odd guys maybe one or two more even.

We told only Magellan remained behind, making last-minute

provisions and he would join the fleet shortly before its final departure from Spain. So they

sailed out of Seville down the river, the Guadalquivir River, right to the very edge, right to the

Atlantic coast, where there's a place called San Luca de Baramida, and that really is their final pushing

off point.

Berggring tells us, quote, beyond the huddled town of San Luca de Baramida lay the churning

waters of the Atlantic.

To Magellan and his crew, the body of water was known simply as the ocean sea, believed to

girdle the entire globe.

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