When Spain commissioned Ferdinand Magellan to find a westward route to the Spice Islands in 1519, the explorer commanded five ships and 240 men. Six years later, nearly every member of the expedition, including its commander, was dead.
When, in 1951, the American writer Jack Kerouac tried to find the words to convey his wayward journey through the United States and Mexico, he commanded a typewriter and a massive stash of Benzedrine. After a few weeks, the first draft of On the Road was completed.
These are just two of the journeys that have left indelible marks on our collective maps, and are endless sources of fascination. Here is compilation of some of the most famous jaunts of all time - both factual and fictional - that show us how far we've come, and where we might go next.
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When did these survivors die?
Here are lists of the members of Magellan's fleet who made it back to Spain (excluding those who mutinied ad sailed back to and arrived Spain on May 6, 1521:
A. Those who reached San Lucar on Victoria on Sept. 6, 1522:
1. Juan Sebastian del Cano
2. Francisco Albo
3. Miguel de Rodas
4. Juan de Acurio
5. Martin de Judicibus
6. Hernando de Bustmante
7. Antonio Pigafetta
8. Juan Martin
9. Diego Gallego
10. Antonio Hernandez Comenero
11. Niccolo Napoles
12. Francisco Rodriguez
13. Juan Rodriguez de Huelva
14. Miguel Sanchez de Rodas
15. Juan de Arratia
16. Juan de San Andres
17. Diego Garcia
18. Juan de Zubileta
B. Victoria crewmen captured in Cape Verde Islands who returned by 1523:
1.Roland (Roldan) de Argot
2. Martin Mendez
3. Pedro de Tolosa
4. Gomez Hernandez
5. Simon de Burgos
6. Pedro de Chindarza
7. Maestre Pedro
8. Juan Martinez
9. Felipe de Rodas
10. Bocacio Alonso
11. Vasquito Galego
12. Richard Normand
13. Manuel (Moluccan)
C. Trinidad Survivors who returned to Spain 1525-1527:
1. Juan Rodriguez (El Sordo)
2. Leone Pancaldo
3. Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa
4. Gines de Mafra
%. Hans Bergen (Ansbergen)
As far as I can gather of the above, the ff. died
a. Hans Bergen, died almost upon arrival at Limonhejo Prison in Lisbon in 1526.
b. Sebastian Delcano, died on August 6, 1526 right after crossing the equator a few das after succeeding Jufre de Loaisa;
c. Gines de Mafra, died at Malacca in 1546.
d. Leon Pancaldo died in Buenos Aires in 1540;
e. Martin Mendez and Miguel de Rodas were marooned by Sebastian Cabot in an island off the coast of Brazil on February 14, 1527 and are believed to have drowned trying to escape the island.
I have no information as to the death of the others. Maybe you the facts.
Vicente Calibo de Jesus
ginesdemafra@gmail.com
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