Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

Author:Laurence Bergreen [Bergreen, Laurence]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: history, geography
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003-10-03T21:27:27+00:00

On March 9, 1521, as the armada left the island, the Chamorros reacted with anger, perhaps feeling insulted or betrayed by the unexpected departure. Over a hundred proas took to the water. “They approached our ships, showing us fish, and feigning to give it to us. But they threw stones at us, and then ran away, and in their flight they passed with their little boats between the boat which is tied at the poop and the ship going at full sail; but they did this so quickly, and with such skill, that it is a wonder.”

As Magellan led his enfeebled crew out of the harbor, they observed the effects of the violence they had visited on the Chamorros. “We saw some of these women, who cried out and tore their hair, and I believe that it was for the love of those whom we had killed,” Pigafetta recorded.

Although the fruit and vegetables they had acquired would soon begin to restore the scurvy-ridden crew to health, one was too sick to recover. Master Andrew of Bristol, as he was listed in the fleet’s roster, died, and his earthly remains joined those of his other deceased shipmates in watery repose. The only British crew member, he had served as the fleet’s master gunner; the post was immediately filled by Hans Bergen, a Norwegian.

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