In the sixteenth century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the
first expeditiontosail aroundthe world. As ayoundPortuguesenoble,he servedthekingofPortugal,but
he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king’s fovor. After he was
dismissedfrom service tothekingofPortugal,heofferedtoserve the future Emperor Charles V ofSpain.