Epox!

Hello and welcome back to Epox, where I shall finally be continuing my story,

the narrative of Magellan's fantastic and terrifying voyage around the world.

We've had a couple of weeks away from it.

So we should continue it now and hopefully see it through to the end.

So if you remember last time, we left off where Magellan and his crew, his ship, his armada

of five ships, had crossed the Atlantic and they'd hit the coast of Brazil

and they'd stopped in at Rio de Janeiro, or the place that later became Rio de Janeiro,

to outfit, take on new suppliers and meet some of the natives that happen to be extremely

friendly, these natives at Rio de Janeiro. So much so that some of the men got

a bit carried away with their carnal desires. So I'll let Lawrence Bergering continue by saying

this. After two weeks of sensual indulgence, the fleet's departure from Rio de Janeiro on December

the 27th became an emotionally charged affair, Jal Lopez Carvello, Magellan's pilot, returning to Brazil

after a seven-year absence, happily reunited with his former mistress who introduced him to their

son. Calvalho took an immediate liking to the lad, whom he called Jail Zito, and enlisted him as a

servant of Bull Chip. Goes on to be said that he also asked for the lady, the Brazilian

mistress, to be taken on board as well. But Magellan said no, there's strictly no women on

board. It's bad for morale, apparently, and various other things. And he had all the ships searched

for any women's that might have been stowed away below deck, and apparently they found several,

several.

So Magellan had them thrown off the ship and they continued on their way.

And apparently a lot of the women folk tried to chase after them in their small canoes.

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