Spanish Sailor's Days at Sea

1st Day at Sea

Sep 20, 1519

It's day one at sea on Magellan's armada, and quite frankly, I don't care to much for Magellan. And to be honest, I don't think the rest of the crew does either. Why is a Portuguese man the captain of a Spanish armada? I can already tell, that this isn't going to work out the way it's planned to.

1st Port

Mar 31, 1520

We have just arrived at San Julian Port, and already we are having issues with Magellan. I think, that very soon, some sort of mutiny is going to occur, and Magellan won't last long at all...

Magellan's Strait

Nov 21, 1520

We finally, after eight months, have left Jan Julian's port.We have started to run out of suitable clothingfor the crew members, and with the cold, that isn't such a good thing. We have entered a strait at the bottom of South America. For some reason, we're calling it 'Magellan's Strait". As if Magellan deserves to have something named after him, I'm telling you, one day, Magellan is going to get what's coming to him, just you wait.

Sailing across the Pacific

Feb 12, 1521

We are currently sailing the Pacific. It has gotten a lot warmer and clothing isn't so much of a problem anymore. Unfortunately, we are running short on food, so we will really have to pay attention to how much we eat. Magellan has been his stuborn, thick skulled self, as usual. Hopefully we can get to the next port before we run out of food, or crew members.

Philippine Islands Port

Apr 27, 1521

Joy! Joy, oh joy indeed! Magellan has finally been given what he deserves. He was battling with the local inhabitants of the Philippines, and was killed. Now we can continue on with this expidition without him. I garuntee you, now that he is gone, we will get through this expidition, alive.

Spice Islands Port

May 1, 1521

We have just arrived at the spice islands, which are close to the Philippines. We are currently stocking up on food, clothes, and other supplies we will need for the rest of the way back to Spain. The natives are quite welcoming, and they have even offered to hand make some of our clothes. I honestly thought we would be driven out of here by the natives, but it's actually quite the opposite.

Sailing the Indian Ocean

Sep 23, 1521

We are now sailing the Indian ocean. The plan is to head to a port at teh tip of Africa. There we will stock up on food, clothing, and other supplies needed for the last stretch of the expidition. The waters right now are pretty smooth, but I hear once we get to where the Indian and the Atlantic oceans meet, we'll be in for the ride of our life!

Cape of Good Hope Port

May 17, 1522

Unfortunately, we have lost quite a bit of our crewmembers. We only have 18 crew members with one surviving ship, the Vicoria. Hopefully we can get through the rest of the expedition without losing anymore crewmembers. We have restocked on food, clothing, repairs, and other supplies or fixes we needed. Now we just need to follow the coast of Africa until we get to Spain.

Sailing up to Spain, through the Atlantic

Jul 24, 1522

We are currently sailing through the Atlantic ocean, up to Spain. We haven't lost any crewmembers, and we hope to keep it that way. The waters have been rougher than in the Pacific and Indian oceans, but that is to be expected. We have plenty of food and water for the rest of the trip, and hopefully we won't run into any problems on the way to Spain. It's quite difficult sailing the ship with only 18 crewmembers, but we have doing fine on our own. I hope to see them all when we get to Spain.

Spain Port

Sep 6, 1522

Finally! Finally, we have finished the expedition, and everyone survived! We are the first crew to travel around the globe and survive. Although, when I think about it, I feel like it wasn't worth it at some points. I would rather have the men live than I travel around the globe, but what is done is done. I hope the families of the fallen crew will be proud of them and will take pride in their accomplishments. I can now see my own family, and I will make every second count with them.