Comment Comment by thaumasiotes > Also recently read about Magellan's voyage and it is remarkable that they made it.Well, they didn't.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan#Voyage> Of the 270 men who left with the expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned.A 93% mortality rate really isn't a success by any metric. Losing 80% of your ships is nothing to be proud of either. parent thaumasiotes 4 years ago
Well, they didn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan#Voyage
> Of the 270 men who left with the expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned.
A 93% mortality rate really isn't a success by any metric. Losing 80% of your ships is nothing to be proud of either.