Epox

Hello and welcome back to Epox where I should be continuing once again my story, the narrative of Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe, the

first people ever to circumnavigate the globe in the early 16th century.

We're in the early part of 1521, and Magellan, if you remember last time, had landed

at Guam after a nearly four-month trip across the completely barren

Pacific Ocean and he landed on Guam and was able to take on food and water and things.

But it's not the Spice Islands. He was supposed to go to the Spice Islands, the Malukas.

And that's not what Guam is.

And also he had some troubles there with the native that didn't have any concept

of property apparently, and so he was stealing things.

So he left Guam, sort of saving his men's life and staving off scurvy, those that hadn't

died of scurvy, staving that off.

And so on he goes, and he goes down to what is today the Philippines.

They weren't called the Philippines then, of course.

They're actually named after King Philip of Spain, who isn't king yet.

So that gives you an idea.

But as today, the Philippines.

So let's continue the story.

Lawrence Berggreen from his great book, Over the Edge of the World, which I've been reading

from, which is very heavy on pigafetta and elbow quotes.

I should be continuing with that because it is one of the very, very best books on the topic.

So Berggring tells us this quote.

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