Magellan: The First Man to Sail the World

<p>Just over 500 years ago, a small band of sailors completed the first ever circumnavigation of the globe, launched by Ferdinand Magellan.&nbsp;From the armada of five ships and some 270 men that set out, only one ship and 18 men returned.&nbsp;Magellan was not among them, and if he had been, he would hardly have received a hero’s welcome.</p><br><p>In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, first released in September 2022,&nbsp;Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Magellan’s award-winning biographer Laurence Bergreen to consider Magellan the man and how his voyage changed the world’s ideas about cosmology and geography.</p><br><p>Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor Ella Blaxill and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p>Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original TV documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign up <a href="https://historyhit.com/subscription" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a> for 50%&nbsp;off your first 3 months using code ‘TUDORS’ <a href="https://historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://historyhit.com/subscription</a> </p><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here &gt;</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>