The life of a sailor in the 1500's on a caravel

By Corbin Garrett
  • Aug 26, 1500

    Zhangzhou port

    Zhangzhou port
    The sea port we arrived in was the Zhangzhou located in China, Asia in the mouth of the Jiulongjiang River. An average 469 ships call at the port each month. Theres also wearhouses and storage space at the port.
  • Sep 21, 1500

    First day of the voyage

    First day of the voyage
    Day 1-
    Not much is happeneing on the voyage. Quickly we found out that the food was horrible. Things we had to eat were rats, Old bisuits reduced to powder, and saw dust of wood. When night fell we pretty much had to sleep on the deck of the ship.
  • Period: Sep 21, 1500 to Sep 21, 1508

    1500s voyage on a caravel

  • Nov 23, 1501

    Protection on the caravel

    We have been asigned to protect Magellan's who is in charge of our voyage. Without him we have a chance that we will get lost. Magelan is incharge of roughly 270 men on his fleek.
  • Sep 25, 1502

    Beihai Port

    Beihai Port
    This port is located in china. The max depth of the port is 10.00m. Theres an airport along with bunkers and dry docks. The specific location is, Latitude: 21Β° 26' 59" N
    Longitude: 109Β° 2' 59" E.
  • Oct 22, 1502

    continuing the voyage

    About a month has passed now and disease has started throughout the ship. One disease is Scurvey and its when the gums swell which can cause tooth loss along with eyes sinking in. Men ended up dieing from the diseae since they didnt have treatment on the ship.
  • Sep 23, 1503

    Death among us

    Our captain of our ships died. We had 1 thing to do, and that was protect him in which we had not done. We are having trouble with our derections of the ships and men are starting to die off by the 10's.
  • Sep 25, 1503

    Cochin port

    Cochin port
    This seaport is located in India on the coastline. Its one of the largest ports in India.The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort Kochi river mouth opening into the Arabian Sea. Its governed by the Cochin port trust, a governement of india establishment.
  • Sep 25, 1504

    Geraldton Seaport

    Geraldton Seaport
    The Geraldton Port is located in the heart of the city of Geraldton in australia. Created somewhat of a market for the export of iron ore in smaller ships to shallow draft ports in China. Its advantages is that its capacity can hold very large ships ready for exports.
  • Sep 24, 1505

    arrival

    We finally are approaching our final destination and most of us have lost our lives or are about to because of starvation and disease. Im one of the lucky ones to even live to see the end again.
  • Sep 25, 1505

    Ammassalik

    Ammassalik
    Ammassalik is located in greenland. The port authority is the Royal Arctic Havneservice. It is not a very big port so not as many ships can come at once.