Magellan and the Age of Discovery
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The spirit of exploration leads globalization and completely changes the historical trajectory of mankind. In 1519, Magellan led five sailing ships and more than 260 people to set sail from Spain in search of a sea route to the Spice Islands. Their adventures take them from participating in Brazil's grand carnival to experiencing the shocking and bizarre customs of the South Pacific. On the way, Magellan was so ambitious that he did not hesitate to use torture and murder to control the people on board, and also launched several fierce mutinies in the fleet. During the voyage, the fleet members suffered from hunger and disease, and many died. Magellan was not spared either. He was violently killed in a tribal conflict in the Philippines, and his body was missing. Three years later, a ship full of desolation, pain, and weathered weather returned to Spain carrying 18 emaciated crew members. This was a rebellion and murder that spanned the globe, as well as a tragic victory. "Magellan and the Age of Discovery" truly reproduces the complete process of mankind's first voyage around the world. It is a story about the exploration of the entire earth. It refreshed the Western world's understanding of cosmology and geography, subversively changed the way explorers sailed in the ocean, promoted global economic, trade, and cultural exchanges, and expanded the Maritime Silk Road. The Age of Discovery did not have the beauty and romance imagined by later generations. There was indeed wealth and dreams there, but it was also accompanied by rough seas and endless killing. Compared with that era, human exploration of the world has now extended from land and ocean to space. Aerospace engineering, undersea exploration, and geocentric exploration, the next "Great Age of Navigation" is coming.
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