That’s why first circumnavigation of the world was tricky. To get from Philippines back to Europe Spaniards had to navigate around Africa without stopping in any Portuguese controlled ports. Many died. Out of 234 only 18 finished the journey.
There’s a pretty good show covering the conquest of America and the first circumnavigation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7555582/ The nice thing about it is that it’s not trying to justify anything. It shows that a special kind of bastards thrived during the conquest and made it all possible.
That’s why first circumnavigation of the world was tricky. To get from Philippines back to Europe Spaniards had to navigate around Africa without stopping in any Portuguese controlled ports. Many died. Out of 234 only 18 finished the journey.
I actually didn’t know that not being able to stop at Portuguese ports was part of the circumnavigation’s difficulty!
There’s a pretty good show covering the conquest of America and the first circumnavigation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7555582/ The nice thing about it is that it’s not trying to justify anything. It shows that a special kind of bastards thrived during the conquest and made it all possible.