by Audrey Benedict | Aug 27, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #96: Magellan’s Voyage (Part II) ePostcard #96: Magellan’s Voyage (Part II) Sea Passage to Rio de Janeiro It was only the first leg of the voyage and the Armada de Molucca had already weathered 60 days of furious and unrelenting storms at sea....
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 25, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #94: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown (Part I) ePostcard #94: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown (Part I) Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães In Portuguese) was only 12 years old when Christopher Columbus landed in the New World. Born into...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 21, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #94: Magellan’s Chronicler: Antonio Pigafetta ePostcard #94: Magellan’s Chronicler: Antonio Pigafetta On September 8, 1522, the crew of the Victoria cast anchor in the waters off of Seville, Spain, having just completed the first circumnavigation...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #93: Prologue: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown ePostcard #93: Prologue: Magellan’s Voyage into the Unknown I was first to circle the world by means of sails,Carrying you, Magellan, leader, through the new strait.Therefore am I justly called...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 18, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #92: The Age of Discovery ePostcard #92: The Age of Discovery Modern exploration had to be an adventure of the mind, a thrust of someone’s imagination, before it became a worldwide adventure of seafaring….The pioneer explorer was one lonely man...
by Audrey Benedict | Aug 10, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #91: Tierra del Fuego: The View from Space ePostcard #91: Tierra del Fuego: The View from Space I am the albatross that waits for youat the end of the world.I am the forgotten souls of dead marinerswho passed Cape Hornfrom all the oceans of the...
