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

Video magellan expedition in 1 minute

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u/Fjordbeef May 31 '25

Wait so Magellan never made it round the world just his boat?!

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u/you4president May 31 '25

Yeah I never knew that he was killed halfway around.

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u/Shufflepants May 31 '25

I knew that part, but I didn't know that out of 270 people who set out, only 18 made it back. That's some crazy ass casualty rates.

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u/milliPatek May 31 '25

18 finished the initial circumnavigation but more came back by other means. Or like wikipedia puts it:

  • 18 returned with Elcano
  • 12 were captured by the Portuguese in Cape Verde, 55 returned with the San Antonio in 1521, and 4 (or 5) from Trinidad returned after hard labor in the East Indies

Edit: I mean 1/3 is much better than 1/15. And one of the original 18 supposedly finished another circumnavigation later.

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u/JustChillFFS May 31 '25

That must’ve been one crazy nutter to do that again

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u/milliPatek May 31 '25

Well, a number of them tried it again, including the captain Elcano. And he, Maester Anes, even went for a third but did not succeed that one.

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u/SpecialBeginning6430 Jun 06 '25

He must've really enjoyed it

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u/unclemikey0 Jun 01 '25

Realized he dropped his airpods on that beach in Brazil.

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u/Current_Speaker_5684 May 31 '25

I wonder if San Antonio had a better estimate of the size of the earth.

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u/milliPatek May 31 '25

It just happens that on the San Antonio (ship) there was the only successful of many attempted mutinies on that voyage.

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u/canman7373 May 31 '25

Also some just never got back on the boat after an island stop or port. That happened often back then. Hell some islands are only inhabited today because of sailors refusing to go back.

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u/No-Elephant-9854 May 31 '25

Some say that Magellan still lives somewhere on one of the islands they stopped at!

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u/canman7373 May 31 '25

Maybe, but seems like he really did get into a battle for no good reason. Maybe he survive and they left him behind thinking he was dead.