How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Ewandro Magalhaes

On September 6, 1522, the "Victoria" sailed into harbor in southern Spain. The battered vessel and its 18 sailors were all that remained of a fleet that had departed three years before. Yet her voyage was considered a success, for the "Victoria" had achieved something unprecedented – the first circumnavigation of the globe. Ewandro Magalhaes shares the story of Magellan’s journey.

Lesson by Ewandro Magalhaes, animation by TED-Ed.

[StukovMg]

As a Malaysian I'm glad that you focused a lot of attention on Enrique. According to the Malaccan museum, he returned to the Philippines and thus did circumnavigate the world.

[SonnyChenova]

and that's the beginning of a 333-year colonization of Spain to our country, the Philippines. it all started from a mistake because Magellan thought our country was the spice island.

[reynaldoflores]

An interesting sidelight: Pigafetta was puzzled because his journal, which he so carefully and meticulously kept, was 1 day behind when he got back to Spain. Till the day he died, he searched and rechecked his journal, but he couldn't discover the error.
The truth was that he should've added 1 day when he crossed the International date line in the Pacific.

[neuralvibes]

They failed to mention that the ship's log showed that they were exactly one day off from the local time and date when they returned to Spain, which drew attention from the Pope among others and which was the first solid proof of the Earth's axial rotation. Another interesting factoid is that Pigafetta's account lingered in relative obscurity and only achieved fame long after his death...

[virtualdrudgery]

Magellan was viewed as a voyager from the West, viewed as an invader in the East.

[shinecamerongamesph]

"We are all villains in someone else's story"

Thank you TED-ED for the recognition of our country as a part of history. The Philippines.

[izanagiify]

Fun Fact: Contrary to popular belief here in the Philippines, Lapu-Lapu DID NOT kill Magellan. It was his men who succeeded to kill Magellan at the shores of Mactan. At that time, Lapu-Lapu was a community leader of old age; thus he did not take part physically in the Battle of Mactan.

Edit (18-Mar-21): The comment section is a complete mess, as expected in YouTube. Very funny. Anyways, we must take the accounts of this event with a little bit of skepticism because of the scarcity of records documenting it. As far as I know, we only have the book of Antonio Pigafetta to rely on to plus local accounts. Quarrel all you like but one thing is certain: Magellan died in the Philippines.

[kylesilva]

in the Philippines, i was taught that a hero named Lapu-Lapu (mentioned in this video) killed Magellan because he was invading the Philippines not because he was trying to overthrow the rebels. the teachers made it obvious that he was the enemy.

[GiantAnteatersRkool]

They went thru all that trouble to get spices, and my mom still doesn't even season chicken

[autumn]

They didn't mention the best part: They packed Magellan's body into a barrel and brought it home with them.

[joea]

So Magellan did not really circumnavigate the globe.

[blackbird]

In about six minutes we hear about a three year journey that must have been the single greatest success of it's time. Navigation, exploration, the hopes and open eyes of its crew members were so unimaginably wide, so grand, that we can hardly conceive it.

[jjathan]

Please don't be rude to the narrator. Do you think you can pronounce other languages with ease? I'm a Filipino too but please, don't be so rude.

[Farisss]

Technically, since Enrique originated in Southeast Asia and Magellan had brought him back to Spain only for him to travel back again to Southeast Asia, shouldn't he be the first to circumnavigate the globe? In Malaysian/Indonesian history, he is known as Panglima Awang, he's a native to Sumatra and lived in the Malacca Sultanate, it's a huge possibility that he's a Malay (since Malays are concentrated in the island of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia).

[bryandeitherluza]

I just want to take this moment to thank you, TED-ED for doing this. This is such good learning material for the present generation in learning History of the Philippines. I am a social science teacher and I'm teaching history and everything was just spot on. This will boost the interest of my learners and help them not to be confined to reading alone their history because this video presentation will guide them to understand the process as well as clear representation. For learning History, you really have to imagine the things you are reading and studying. So, this will lessen their difficulty. Again, thanks a bunch. :D :D

[Denzki]

Magellan got killed by lapu-lapu becouse lapu-lapu found out that magellan stealing his secret ingredients to make adobo.

[Citelq]

My teacher's 1 hour lecture concentrated in 6 minutes, thank you for this.

[kimiantumblod]

I'm Filipino from Philippines, and I just had my 23andme today and I learned I'm 5% Iberian (Spanish or Portugal). So Thank you Spain for sending my ancestor to Philippines, without you...me and my entire clan wouldn't be alive today.

[DennougumiArtemis]

I'm from cebu and this is the story we all grew up with. We even have a monument dedicated to Magellan called magellans cross

[elsegis]

Magellan was not the first to do it, he died on some beach in the Philippines. His captain Juan Sabastion Elcano who finished it.