Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-23
First Ctrcumnavigation OF the Earth

a.
The successful expedition of Columbus 10
1902 awakened 6src, hsart-burniugs between
Spain aod Portugal, ioscnuca that 10 the fol
lo"irg year Popo Alexander vi. ucdsrtook to
pscifg these two most Catholic snd caiVasous
uaious by suunarly diviiieg between them
oil tie haatbeu prccicc:s cf the earth. Afer
more or lors diplomatic wrsneling, an imagiosry
nc Was drawn from pole to pole. three tun
drtd and s.vsuiy esguss Rest of the Azores.
All newly diseovared lands to The cast Of this
lae Ter9 Tor ovcrmore to beiong to the Kirg Cf
Portugal, while eVerYthirg 10 the west wss TO
be the urdisnuted properly Of the Spanish
otoWo. 10 1897. Titbin four years sfer The
rronu'gatlou cf this extraordinary decree,
Vasco ds Cana accomplished bis arduous yoy-
,gs OF thirteen months darstion aroucd the
Caps cf Coed Hope 10 Cslicui 10 lldia end
COW The conmclcsl IisalIy between The two
most Cathelo Kingdoms began 10 earnest.
The bull OF Pope Alexander haG indeed set
na!tel6 ct res: on the Ailsolio, but 90 the cp-
poslte side OF the Gobe everything wss really
lrti 10 dispute, for the line sutipodai to tho
pspal line Ut demercation E:s by 90 meaps
u, lrmioed.
Ihs MuIucca islands Etr, conmtrsiaily Of
ereas impcr:atos, and il was by way of showing
| ttes these isl.nds belonged prcpriy to Spain
| eEd not Pr'ussl that the glorious Mag, Ian
set sail in 1919 % his westward voysee ar.uud
| ,ho world. following the path marked out by
Vsspucci, Magellan searched sl5f 6 the coast OF
Souh America fer Westtrn psosuge, end at
lsst eolerrd 'he troachi r us strait w1iod bears
| bis Usmo Nearly orntury WAS 8 i to elapse
orioro be Du Gilman Van Horn gave u.ne
TO thu cape Uhiob terminates tbs ointment,
For fifteen men'ts Magellan had prs ,red.
aud bis sailors re aIr.ady mutuous, when
| ho entered the Pacific D esn ana stood tor the
oortbWess, vi the view OF reRsioipp the squ.-
| tor Terrible w,s the four montbs' struggle
q shjth DOW ensu,d. The huge sz, Of our plat
| OF b.g!u ct last 10 revssl itself ; 90 one bad
| ever dreamed CT 90 vas. 40 ocean ss h, Pc fl,
TIE ships had DOT b,en ,i,!usIled for suou
voyage, sud sides their sg uies If doubt sld
| iesr. The crews bad soon 10 contend With the
leather torD from lbe 7 6 Iirg and s,ak, 10 be
ssa; lhe7 pppessed their lsgr thirs, with
tllse Wstr. L1ud Wtre tber curs, Of the ir-
| tsruated c.p.aIn-lbe bold here,i, who iu f.
ARCS Of the church insisted that the earth was
| round. and was row leading them off toto the
everlasting ssa b CD cxseLd4d ioto the fstbou-
less abyss OF spsoe-a SEQ viii 90 Weco ming
shore b ylnd. pet from which it was DOW too
late to h, pc to retrace their course, But 10
spite of huuGtr aud perpls kitty aud mntipv The
ladomi'sb!e hero kept on bis way u tfliuchiug.
Tue ir me usily OF the tc,sn WAS puzz 10
him, too, VINO. like all the cgrapber, OF the
time, bad greatly uuder estimated the siz, Of
| ut globe. The doubt whether the eprth might
not be f,t, after all. sometimes came up; bu,
agarst such uasecmly skeptoism ''he comfort
od himself when he or s,dtr d hist 10 be eclip
sss # che m ION the shadow cast OF lbs earlb
is ioand, aud as isitba shadow such 10 l. X maL-
ner Is tho substance" The very depth Of sir
despair, too. no doubt worked 10 bis favor. for
W5iIcis seomsd fatal to advances. it seemed 60
less fatal TO retreat go for away had they come
from the k1oWn Warld, At last, after ipcrsd;-
BILE hsrdships. they msd, the L.drone isl.nds.
sud mst with traders from Sumalra. In the
hour Of victory the heroic 90. 1eror pershed
slain 10 skiimish with some worthless saw
ages. Bu. bis lieutenant, Z o.no, took posset-
.lQn OF the Moluccas lie the name of Charles
v, snd making sou.bwesteriy for the Cape Of
Good Hope, came f 'sIly into port OF Spain
10 tho suiunn Of 1922. Of the fv, eallapt
ships which set out tbree years before ~ this
unparalleled v,y3ge, but one rsmHioed q ,at to
tell tbn proud story 1T tho 6rst oNc1mnavigt-
ion t Tho Garth.
PROPOSING Tho d.fi,ul p CT proposing 10