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By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In September 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan<\/a> set off on a fateful voyage to find a route to the Spice Islands. In the centuries since, Magellan has gone down in history as a chivalric adventurer, his name forever linked to the first circumnavigation of the globe. But, as Professor Felipe Fern\u00e1ndez-Armesto tells Ellie Cawthorne, Magellan\u2019s career was in fact shaped more by failure than success.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/05\/Magellan-1348bb5.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Felipe Fern\u00e1ndez-Armesto is the author of Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n