The first successful circumnavigation of the Earth, begun by Ferdinand Magellan and completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano, ...

A huge replica of a legendary Spanish galleon captained by legendary Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is coming to Kent ...

‘Secrets of the Dead: Magellan’s Crossing’ Review: Exploring an Explorer The latest installment in the PBS series looks at the tumult surrounding the first circumnavigation of the globe.

The 16th-century tall ship is a replica of the one that circumnavigated the globe with Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet. Last year marked the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s ...

After falling out with King Manuel, Magellan defected to Portugal’s archrival, Spain, and in 1519 launched his celebrated voyage, destined for the fabled Spice Islands in present-day Indonesia.

Other information was published in a previous version of this story. On March 6, the island and the world will commemorate the 500th anniversary of explorer Ferdinand Magellan's landfall on Guam.

A historian unravels the enduring myth of Ferdinand Magellan, the 16th-century Portuguese explorer who was motivated more by the chance to exploit Filipino gold than a desire to circumnavigate the ...

Hollywood actor Danny Trejo (“Machete,” “Con Air,” “Heat”) has been cast for the role of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in “1521,” an upcoming historical epic that charts ...