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thesilverofcathayandzipanguthedisposaloftheir</p>

stajesties.</p>

alas,luusneverkh.toheend</p>

ofhislife,onhisfourthvoyage,ainland</p>

ofsoutharica,heyhavesuspectedthatallwas</p>

notbelief</p>

thatthereibetweeneuropeandasia</p>

andthathehadfoundthedirectroutetoa.</p>

auguese,stigtotheireasteroute,</p>

hadbeeuheyear1498,vasdaga</p>

hadbeeoreaalabarausafely</p>

tolisbonhacargoofspitheyear1502hehad</p>

repeatedthevisit.butalongtheeroute,theworkof</p>

explorationhadbeenstdisappointing.in1497and1498</p>

johnaiancabothadtriedtofindapassagetojapan</p>

buttheyhadseennothingbutthesnosandthe</p>

rocksofnebeensightedbythe</p>

northn,fiveerigovespui,aflorentine</p>

ethepilotjorofspain,andwhogavehis</p>

natoour,hadexploredtheastofbrazil,but</p>

hadfoundnotatraceoftheindies.</p>

intheyear1513,sevenyearsafterthedeathofluus,</p>

thetruthatlastbegantodahegeographersof</p>

europe.vasnunezdebalboahadusof</p>

pana,hadcliedthefauspeakindarien,andhad</p>

lookeddoedto</p>

suggesttheexistenceofanothero.</p>

finallyintheyear1519afleetoffivesllspanishships</p>

underndofthepuesenavigator,ferdinandde</p>

gellan,sailedeasthatroute,</p>

elyinthehandsofthepuesewhoallowedno</p>

petitioninsearagellancrossed</p>

theatlanticbethward.</p>

hereachedanarroostpoint</p>

ofpatagonia,the``landofthepeoplehthebigfeet,and</p>

thefireislandsonadonatofafire,theonlysignof</p>

theexistenatives,hesailorschedonenight.</p>

foralstfiveercy</p>

oftheterriblestorandblizzardsthroughthe</p>

straits.atinybrokeoutangthesailellan</p>

suppressediten</p>

onshoreheytorepentoftheirsinsatleisure.</p>

atlastthestorquieteddoheelbroadened,and</p>

gellaeredanesand</p>

plaalleditthepeacefulsea,therepacifi.</p>

theinuedinaedire.hesailedfor</p>

daysost</p>

perishedfroungerandthirstaheratsthatied</p>

theships,andheseheycheesof</p>

sailtostilltheirgnawinghunger.</p>

inrchoftheyear1521theysaagellancalled</p>

itthelandoftheladroneseansrobbersbecausethe</p>

<uldlayhandson.thenfurther</p>

othespiceislands</p>

againlandagellan</p>

calledthehephilippines,afterphilip,thesonofhis</p>

sterery.</p>