FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CORTES AND PIZARRO
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216 survived
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Everyone died
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18 survived, including Magellan
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18 survived, but Magellan died.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Only one ship of the original five-and only 18 men of the original 270-survived the voyage. Among them was Antonio Pigafetta, a scholar who had kept a detailed diary of the expedition.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fleet initially consisted of five ships and about 270 men. The expedition faced numerous hardships including Portuguese sabotage attempts, mutinies, starvation, scurvy, storms, and hostile encounters with indigenous people. Only 30 men and one ship (the Victoria) completed the return trip to Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -In September 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria (depicted on a 1590 map), made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Of the original 270-strong crew, only eighteen had survived. Although Magellan is remembered today for circumnavigating the globe, his reputation in the expedition’s immediate aftermath took a battering from those who had survived the expedition.