Ferdinand Magellan was born into an aristocratic family of impoverished Sabrosa in the province of Trás-os-Montes , in Northern Portugal. His father, Pedro Rui de Magalhães, married Alda de Mesquita, was the mayor of the town. Magellan had a brother, Diego de Sousa, and a sister, Isabe...
Addie is a uniquely independent French girl, born 1691 in the provincial town of Villon-sur-Sarthe. She yearns for more than a life of bearing children and married subservience. She eludes that fate for some years, until it is decided she must be wed. On the wedding day she runs. Ab...
Juan Sebastián Elcano (1487–August 4, 1526) was a Spanish (Basque) sailor, navigator, and explorer best remembered for leading the second half of the first round-the-world navigation, having taken over after the death ofFerdinand Magellan. Upon his return to Spain, the King presented him w...
a play on the medieval idea of using a skull as a continual reminder of the presence of death. What is significant for our argument is that the skull is painted in a (literally) quite different optic from everything else in the picture. If the skull had been painted like the rest, its...
VeniceIt is said that Marco Polo was born there.This is Marco’s travelling map.Fast ReadingRead the passage.(2 min.)Find out the informationabout Marco Polo and fillin the following form.Name:Born (when/where):Came to China (when):Returned to Italy (when):Age of his death:The name ...
VeniceIt is said that Marco Polo was born there.This is Marco’s travelling map.Fast ReadingRead the passage.(2 min.)Find out the informationabout Marco Polo and fillin the following form.Name:Born (when/where):Came to China (when):Returned to Italy (when):Age of his death:The name ...
Ferdinand Magellan(born 1480, Sabrosa or Porto?, Portugal—died April 27, 1521, Mactan, Philippines) was a Portuguesenavigatorand explorer who sailed under the flags of bothPortugal(1505–13) andSpain(1519–21). From Spain, he sailed aroundSouth America, discovering theStrait of Magellan, and...
VeniceIt is said that Marco Polo was born there.This is Marco’s travelling map.Fast ReadingRead the passage.(2 min.)Find out the informationabout Marco Polo and fillin the following form.Name:Born (when/where):Came to China (when):Returned to Italy (when):Age of his death:The name ...
In the deep ravines the death-like scene of desolation exceeded all description; outside it was blowing a gale68, but in these hollows not even a breath of wind stirred the leaves of the tallest trees. So gloomy, cold, and wet was every part, that not even the fungi69, mosses, or ...