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> [“Magellan's thirst for glory, under cover of religious zeal, led him fatally astray.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/magellan-s-thirst-for-glory-under-cover-of-religious-zeal-led-him/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

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## More by Laurence Bergreen

> [“Magellan's thirst for glory, under cover of religious zeal, led him fatally astray.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/magellan-s-thirst-for-glory-under-cover-of-religious-zeal-led-him/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“On September 6, 1522, a battered ship appeared on the horizon … A small pilot boat was dispatched to lead the strange ship over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/on-september-6-1522-a-battered-ship-appeared-on-the-horizon-a-small/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“Fernão de Magalhães, or Ferdinand Magellan. According to most accounts, he was born in 1480, in the remote mountain parish of Sabrosa, the seat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/fern-o-de-magalh-es-or-ferdinand-magellan-according-to-most-accounts/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“There was one other distraction on the island of Gomera: Doña Beatriz de Bobadilla. Or, as she was known in the Canaries, “Bobadilla the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/there-was-one-other-distraction-on-the-island-of-gomera-do-a-beatriz/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“Their conversations turned to religion, and Pigafetta persuaded the prisoner to convert to Christianity. He was baptized, and the giant, whose original name Pigafetta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/their-conversations-turned-to-religion-and-pigafetta-persuaded-the/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“It was not that he lacked discipline, or the support of the men; the problem was that Espinosa, a soldier, was simply not qualified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/it-was-not-that-he-lacked-discipline-or-the-support-of-the-men-the/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

> [“Stripped of his command, and having learned nothing from the experience of his failed mutiny, Cartagena grew intensely resentful of his inexperienced replacement. From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-bergreen/stripped-of-his-command-and-having-learned-nothing-from-the/)

[Laurence Bergreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-bergreen/)

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