Exploration in the 1500s - Sydney S. 4th Hour

Journal #1

Aug 10, 1519

Today is a sad day, in which I have to say goodbye to my beloved family. Today, also, is a day of excitement. Today, the Armada De Moluccas voyage will begin to find the Atlantic-Pacific passage. I will be with the Trinidad ship, and the San Antonio, the Conception, the Victoria, and the Santiago shouldn't be far behind. I hope the best for all 270 of us. -Ferdinand Magellan

Journal #2

Sep 25, 1519

We have sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, to the Ocean Sea and are still looking for the straight. Things are going well, however someone has recently gotten sick. We're trying to help and they're getting better. We'll need to trade for medicine soon at the nearest port. -Ferdinand Magellan

Port St. Julian

Apr 18, 1520

Easter Day, today, we arrived at Port St. Julian where we mutinied. In order to stop this uprising, I had to execture one captain, and leave another behind. While this revolt was happening, I sent the Santiago to explore the route ahead. Sadly, the ship wrecked due to a storm. Luckily all members were found, rescued and assigned to a different ship. -Ferdinand Magellan

Port Ushuaia

Oct 21, 1520

We stopped at Port Ushuaia today to replensih sources. So far the water near here is rough and we're hoping to last long enough to return home with good news. -Ferdinand Magellan

Journal #3

Feb 23, 1521

We have just left the port, and the weather isn't on our side. It's getting colder by the day and storms have begun. Our food is okay for now and so is our water, but if this weather keeps up, there won't be anything we can do to shelter the water so it won't freeze. Our journey continues and hopefully in the next few months, we will find the passage. A few crew members have gotten a cold and we are trying to trade for some medicine at a near port, but it's not certain it will happen.-Ferdinand

Journal #4

Mar 22, 1521

Months ago, we entered the straight. This should be good news, but a terrible event took place. The crew on the San Antonio ship forced their captain to desert and the ship fled back to Spain. Now only three ships are left, and we are withouth the Santiago and the San Antonio. We also found an ocean! We called it Mar Pacifico because of it's peacefulness and vastness. The waters were rougher than we thought, but today we reached the island of Guam and we replenished our food stores. -Ferdinand M

Port of Cebu

Mar 25, 1521

The locals are very friendly at the Port of Cebu on the island of Guam. We have traded for silk and food and we're now staying there. Everthing on the journey hasn't gotten much better, and the weather isn't too great, but other than that, the journey is fine. -Ferdinand Magellan

Journal #5

Apr 27, 1521

Today I have sad news. This is a fellow crew member of Magellen's. We made it to the island Cebu, and we have befriended the locals. We were invited to fight the island of Mactan byt the locals, and Ferdinand agreed. We advised against it, but he didn't listen to us. He himself led the attack and the Mactanese fought feircer than we thought they would. Ferdinand was shot with a poison arrow and died today. Only three ships are left and Ferdinand Magellan will be missed dearly. -Victoria Crew

Port Moluccas

Nov 5, 1521

This is another crew member writing for Ferdinand, from the VIctoria. We have reached Moluccas and are greatful. We are going to return home soon and we are still hoping that we can bring good news. -Victoria Crew

Port Seville

Sep 25, 1522

Once again, a crew member from VIctoria writing for Magellan. We have returned to Seville, Spain with a cargo of spices, but only 18 crew members and our ship. We hope that Ferdinand is happy with us for what we have done, and without him we wouldn't ahve been able to go on this voyage. He led us around the world. -Victoria Crew