THE ODYSSEY OF ACURIO WHO SAILED WITH MAGELLAN

by Mitchell, Mairin

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London:: Heinemann,, 1956.. Hardcover; worn dust jacket enclosed in plastic. Book condition good.. + notes, bibliography. With map endpapers of the Magellan circumnavigation. Novelized history, seen through eyes of Basque sailor Juan de Acurio, tells of Portuguese navigator Magellan & his expedition, the first to circumnavigate the globe. ||| 1493 Papal Bull divided all newly-discovered territories between Portugal & Spain. Magellan, at odds with Portuguese King, convinced the King of Spain that by sailing west, he could prove the rich Moluccan Spice Islands belonged to Spain, not Portugal. In September 1519, five ships + 265-man crew, financed by Spain, left Seville. Magellan's theory was proved, tho' he was killed by natives enroute. Three years later, only one ship with 18 surviving crewmen and 4 Indians limped back to honors in Seville.