2.3K views · 109 reactions | The route of the first circumnavigation of the world by an expedition led by Portuguese navigator (in Spanish pay) Fernão de Magalhães, aka Ferdinand Magellan, 1519 - 1522. Of the 270 men and 5 ships who set out, only 18 men and 1 ship made it back. | Epic History TV | Facebook

Backed by significant investment, Ferdinand Magellans enterprise set sail on September 20, 1519. This venture was a high-stakes play for a new trade route to the valuable Spice Islands, leveraging the best maritime technology to secure a dominant market position. The goal was immense wealth and a historic opportunity for growth. The journey was a brutal lesson in the cost of discovery. Mutiny, disease, and starvation decimated the crew, a grim return on the initial finance. Yet through this hard