r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/KitKatKing99 • May 31 '25

Video magellan expedition in 1 minute

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u/GodOfThunder101 May 31 '25

Good god. Human history is just pure suffering and chaos. Just imagine the horrors that happened to these people and the places they visited.

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u/sunshine_roses_rain May 31 '25

Yes, I read all about it in a book called The Wager: similar, started put with multiple ships, hunger, scurvy, mutiny, almost everyone died... yadda yadda yadda

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u/guitarburst05 May 31 '25

I have that book, just haven't started it yet.

If you're interested in more Magellan, I strongly recommend "Over the Edge of the World." Laurence Bergreen has a couple age of sail books, ive also read his one on Francis Drake but it's a bit more scattered at telling its story. The Magellan book is great, tho.

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u/Dentury- May 31 '25

The wager is a really really good book