In Eastern Samar, the narrative of March 16, 1521 isn’t about the “discovery” of the archipelago by foreigners, but about the ...

Juan Sebastián Elcano.

The 16th-century tall ship is a replica of the one that circumnavigated the globe with Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet. Last year marked the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...

John Mullen has learnt a lot from the likes of Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and 16th-century ...

This incredible natural waterway was one of the few sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans before the ...

Since the arrival of the United States in 1898, the first week of March has been a time to commemorate the time at which Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage to circumnavigate the world made contact with ...

The series begins with a song celebrating two great explorers - Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan. We meet our presenters, Jenny and Wayne, before setting our chronometers to travel to ...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan first arrived here about 500 years ago, cruising through Tierra del Fuego's remote straits on a quest for Asian spices. And in the 1800s, Charles Darwin ...

According to one TripAdvisor user, "A visit to Punta Arenas wouldn't be complete without stopping at the Memorial to Ferdinand Magellan and rubbing the foot on the statue (a local custom)." ...

We meet our presenters, Jenny and Wayne, before setting our chronometers to travel to the year 1492 to meet Christopher Columbus. You must enable JavaScript to play ...