Magallanes y el dibujo del mundo

Abstract

The history of the West and the world cannot be explained without the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, responsible for the boldest of all sea voyages. However, this expedition to the Molucas, which ended up being the first circumnavigation journey of the globe and had a drastic impact on the knowledge of the world’s reality, was very controversial. Controversial was his captain long before leaving Sevilla, controversial was his government and equally controversial were the political-geographical, as well as physical and morally human consequences of that adventure.