Magellan had eight Greek sailors in his crew when the great Portuguese explorer circumnavigated the Earth for the first time ...

You get a new sense of respect for cloves and nutmeg watching “Magellan’s Crossing,” part of the new season of the long-running PBS series “Secrets of the Dead.” The yearslong voyage depicted—along ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. The new film Magellan chronicles the life of Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Known for ...

Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time. The Portuguese explorer was killed by islanders in the ...

Filipino director Lav Diaz has hinted that a short version of his long-awaited feature starring Gael García Bernal as 16th Century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan could premiere in Cannes this ...

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AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from today, 504 years ago, he would be dead, killed by tribesmen led by ...

Un nouveau film acclamé met en scène le voyage pionnier du célèbre navigateur portugais, un précurseur qui a été accusé d'« incontrôlable assoiffé de sang». Peu de films sont aussi éprouvants que ...

Names have significance, especially when they’re written in the stars. A group of astronomers is coalescing around an idea to rename two neighbors of the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic ...

09/07/2025 - Lav Diaz livre une épopée sur l'époque des grandes découvertes qui marque sa première collaboration avec une star, Gael García Bernal, ici dans le rôle du grand explorateur Ferdinand ...