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its way through 800 miles of the strait eAp'oi
ing its many perplexing twists and turns here
they were deserted by the San Antonio which
turned back to Spain, where 1t arrived six months
later.
Finally on November 2S Magellan looked upon
the great western ocean. To be sure, he was not
the first European to set eyes upon that vast ex1
panse of water. That distinction belongs TO
young Spanard, Nunez de Balloon, who had slipped
over to Daren from Hispanion by way of an
empty cask on board ship and from mountain
had looked out the Bay of San Miguel, below
the present city of Panama. upon what the natives
called the Great South sea- and whose fame has
been eclipsed by the unfortunate slip of the poet
who put "stout Cortez" upon that peak In Darieh.
Half century later young Englishmnn looked
upon the same overpowering sight and swore ne
would sail English ship upon that ocean, He
did and followed the great Magellan In the second
voyage around the world. His name was Francis
Drake.
Magellan sailed north till the middle of De-
cember then turned west He sailed for three
months and eighteen days across the unknown
Pacific. What must have been the agonics OF
that voyage into the unknown; what triple bronz
and heart of oak for commander to have met
all those trials. We know from the journals OF
the physical tortures of the long journey. Food
and water almost disappeared. The leather from
the yards was soaked in the water and eaten Men
held their nostrils while they drank the putrid
water Scurvy broke out in its most malignant
form. Many died and nearly all the others were
sick.
At length. on March g. 1921 they reached tho
islands they named the Ladrones. "isands of the
thieves" March 16 they reached the Philippines,
the first Europeans to visit those Islands Magei-
Ian named them the Islands of Saint Lazarus
Here the great explorer met his death in mis-
cradle fight the shore of the little island Of
Mactan, or Matan. literally overwhelmed by
swarm of savages They refused to give up his
body, and his burial place can never be surely
known A few years ago some Spaniards erected
a fra and tasteless monument on the spot where
they supposed Magellan fell.
The King of the island of Ce5u having previous
ly professed conversion and been baptized decided
TO get rid of his visitors by means of a banquet,
followed by massacre. Thirty of the leading
men of the expedition fell In this way. or the
2SO men who had sailed from Spain o:1- 115 were
now left The Conception was no longer seawor-
thv and was burned. There remained the Trini-
dad and the Victoria. Sebastian Elcano. who had
been among the mutineers of Port St Julian. be-
come captain general of the two remaining ships.
The two remaining ships visited Borneo next.
They were ready to start the rest of the voy-
age home over the familiar route around the Cape
of Africa when the Trinidad sprang bad leak.
1t was therefore decided that the Victoria should
set out alone while the Trinidad should make
repairs and then sail for Panama with cargo OF
spices. OF the 101 men now surviving. 54 were
assigned to the Trinidad and AZ to the Victoria
The Trinidad never finished her voyage. After
running north some weeks she forced TO turn
back nearly wreck, and reached the Mouccas
with only 10 men left alive on her. The survivors
were seized by the hostile Portuguese and only the
captnin, Espnosa, and three of the crew ever saw
Spain again.
In the meantime the Victoria, with more starva-
ton and more scurvy aboard, had made the Cape
of Good Hope, crossed the equator on June Z, and
soon reached the Cape Verde islands, where the
Portuguese tried TO seize the ship. Thes succeeded
in getting their hands on some of the crew. but the
little Victoria scudded away with all sails set
This was on July 13, and eight weeks later Sep
tember G. 1922 the Victoria sailed into the Span
lsh river she had left nearly three years before.
She Ind only 1S men on bonrd