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    【】goldand

    thesilverofcathayandzipanguthedisposaloftheir

    stajesties.

    alas,luusneverkh.toheend

    ofhislife,onhisfourthvoyage,ainland

    ofsoutharica,heyhavesuspectedthatallwas

    notbelief

    thatthereibetweeneuropeandasia

    andthathehadfoundthedirectroutetoa.

    auguese,stigtotheireasteroute,

    hadbeeuheyear1498,vasdaga

    hadbeeoreaalabarausafely

    tolisbonhacargoofspitheyear1502hehad

    repeatedthevisit.butalongtheeroute,theworkof

    explorationhadbeenstdisappointing.in1497and1498

    johnaiancabothadtriedtofindapassagetojapan

    buttheyhadseennothingbutthesnosandthe

    rocksofnebeensightedbythe

    northn,fiveerigovespui,aflorentine

    ethepilotjorofspain,andwhogavehis

    natoour,hadexploredtheastofbrazil,but

    hadfoundnotatraceoftheindies.

    intheyear1513,sevenyearsafterthedeathofluus,

    thetruthatlastbegantodahegeographersof

    europe.vasnunezdebalboahadusof

    pana,hadcliedthefauspeakindarien,andhad

    lookeddoedto

    suggesttheexistenceofanothero.

    finallyintheyear1519afleetoffivesllspanishships

    underndofthepuesenavigator,ferdinandde

    gellan,sailedeasthatroute,

    elyinthehandsofthepuesewhoallowedno

    petitioninsearagellancrossed

    theatlanticbethward.

    hereachedanarroostpoint

    ofpatagonia,the``landofthepeoplehthebigfeet,and

    thefireislandsonadonatofafire,theonlysignof

    theexistenatives,hesailorschedonenight.

    foralstfiveercy

    oftheterriblestorandblizzardsthroughthe

    straits.atinybrokeoutangthesailellan

    suppressediten

    onshoreheytorepentoftheirsinsatleisure.

    atlastthestorquieteddoheelbroadened,and

    gellaeredanesand

    plaalleditthepeacefulsea,therepacifi.

    theinuedinaedire.hesailedfor

    daysost

    perishedfroungerandthirstaheratsthatied

    theships,andheseheycheesof

    sailtostilltheirgnawinghunger.

    inrchoftheyear1521theysaagellancalled

    itthelandoftheladroneseansrobbersbecausethe

    
    othespiceislands

    againlandagellan

    calledthehephilippines,afterphilip,thesonofhis

    sterery.

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