Once the expedition sailed, Manuel I even ordered two groups of Portuguese caravels to pursue Magellan's fleet in the hopes of capturing the ... read more
The Roman grain ships and merchant fleet survives. So would the pirates that plagued them. Depending on the time, the Carthaginian fleet or Egyptian fleet would survive and be a more pressing problem for Rome’s sea lanes and ports. read more
Magellan, though Portuguese by birth, captained the Spanish fleet in the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1519-1522). He did not survive the entire journey. He was caught in a native war in the Philippines in 1521 and died by getting a spear through his heart. read more