Magellan set out in 1519 with five ships to find a passage through the Americas. Such a passage, if it existed, would allow Spanish ships to follow a westward route to the East Indies. After months of fruitless searching, Magellan eventually found a narrow, dangerous sea passage at the bottom of South America - now called the Strait of Magellan.
| ISBN: | 9780791086087 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 2024 |
| Author: | Samuel Willard Crompton |
| Publisher: | Chelsea House Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Explorers of New Lands |