“On September 6, 1522, a battered ship appeared on the horizon … A small pilot boat was dispatched to lead the strange… — Laurence Bergreen Copy Share Image
“The real significance of Magellan's voyage was not that it was the first to circumnavigate the planet, but that it was the… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places,… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of… — Ferdinand Magellan Copy Share Image
The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid… — Ferdinand Magellan Copy Share Image
The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Magellan went around the world in 1521, which is not too many strokes when you consider the distance. — Joe Laurie Jr Copy Share Image
People are, in the confines of their own apartments, becoming Magellans of the interior world and reaching out to this alien thing… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I've been reading and researching various aspects of history - Dickens' London, Nelson's sea battles, Magellan's nautical explorations, the weapons and battles… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
“If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are… — George Gamow Copy Share Image
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
