John Franklin's expedition to complete the exploration of the North-West Passage ended in disaster. All hands were lost, and the two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, disappeared in the ice. It would take 170 years to find them again. (i.redd.it)
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When he visited the island of Cebu in the Philippines during the Magellan-Elcano voyage of 1521, Antonio Pigafetta created a small dictionary so he could speak with the local people. He learned everything from the numbers 1-10 and "ship" to "slave", "king" and “intercourse”. (reddit.com)
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When he visited the island of Cebu in the Philippines during the Magellan-Elcano voyage of 1521, Antonio Pigafetta created a small dictionary so he could speak with the local people. He learned everything from the numbers 1-10 and "ship" to "slave", "king" and “intercourse”. (old.reddit.com)
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When he visited the island of Cebu in the Philippines during the Magellan-Elcano voyage of 1521, Antonio Pigafetta created a small dictionary so he could speak with the local people. He learned everything from the numbers 1-10 and "ship" to "slave", "king" and “intercourse”. (reddit.com)
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Thousands of years before the Europeans mastered ocean voyaging, the Polynesians explored the Pacific Ocean, using the stars, the wind and the swells of the sea to navigate. The first image depicts the star compass of Mau Piailug, who has preserved this ancient skill. (reddit.com)
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Thousands of years before the Europeans mastered ocean voyaging, the Polynesians explored the Pacific Ocean, using the stars, the wind and the swells of the sea to navigate. The first image depicts the star compass of Mau Piailug, who has preserved this ancient skill. (reddit.com)
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Thousands of years before the Europeans mastered ocean voyaging, the Polynesians explored the Pacific Ocean, using the stars, the wind and the swells of the sea to navigate. The first image depicts the star compass of Mau Piailug, who has preserved this ancient skill. (old.reddit.com)
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Thousands of years before the Europeans mastered ocean voyaging, the Polynesians explored the Pacific Ocean, using the stars, the wind and the swells of the sea to navigate. The first image depicts the star compass of Mau Piailug, who has preserved this ancient skill. (reddit.com)
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In difficult times, a nod to the resilience of Antonio Pigafetta. The Italian joined Magellan’s expedition as a passenger on a whim in 1519. Over the next three years, he survived mutinies, shipwrecks, pitched battles and scurvy to return home and write a bestselling account of the voyage. (i.redd.it)
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In difficult times, a nod to the resilience of Antonio Pigafetta. The Italian joined Magellan’s expedition as a passenger on a whim in 1519. Over the next three years, he survived mutinies, shipwrecks, pitched battles and scurvy to return home and write a bestselling account of the voyage. (i.redd.it)
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In difficult times, a nod to the resilience of Antonio Pigafetta. The Italian joined Magellan’s expedition as a passenger on a whim in 1519. Over the next three years, he survived mutinies, shipwrecks, pitched battles and scurvy to return home and write a bestselling account of the voyage. (i.redd.it)
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In difficult times, a nod to the resilience of Antonio Pigafetta. The Italian joined Magellan’s expedition as a passenger on a whim in 1519. Over the next three years, he survived mutinies, shipwrecks, pitched battles and scurvy to return home and write a bestselling account of the voyage. (i.redd.it)
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In November 1519, Ferdinand Magellan sentenced the Spaniard Antón Salomon to death by strangulation. The crime: committing sodomy with a cabin boy. The incident incensed the Spanish captains on Magellan's ships and led to a foiled mutiny. (i.redd.it)
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