SPANISH VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS T 
now bears his name. Passing through this stormy Strait of 
Magellan, he sailed out (in 1520) on a sea whose surface was 
so quiet and peaceful that he gave it the name of Pacific.) 
When the great captain had passed the Strait of Magellan 
and his ships had begun to plow the broad waters of the Pacific, 
the sailors felt that they had gone far enough and wanted to 
turn back, They had but little food left, and they were afraid 
that they would get no more on the voyage. But Magellan said 
they must go forward even if they had to eat the ropes with 
which the ship was rigged. He had set out for the Indies, he 
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Magellan’s voyage around the globe. 
said, and to the Indies he was going, although they were ten 
thousand miles away. The ships kept on their course, but Ma- 
gellan found that the fears of the sailors were by no means 
groundless, Food became scarcer and scarcer, and sure enough, 
before land was reached; the men, in order to get a little nourish- 
ment for their starving bodies, gnawed the very hides which 
covered the ropes of the rigging. After a voyage of terrible 
suffering Magellan at last (in 1521) reached the Philippine 
Islands. Here he was drawn into a battle with the natives and 
was killed. 
After the death of Magellan a captain was chosen for the 
Victoria-—one of the two vessels that still remained—and the 
voyage westward was continued. Having stopped at the Moluc- 
cas to take on board a cargo of precious stones and spices, the 
The word “pacifice” comes from ine Latin word pacificus, which 
means mild, peaceful.