Renaissance+Science

1500's, Ferdinand Magellan, sailed from Spain and around the tip of South America. He was looking for a Northwest Passage, along with many other explorers. He found riches in the Far East. His fleet consisted of five ships. Magellan sailed every river he could find that would lead in the direction of the Pacific Ocean. During this, he had to go through a very dangerous strait, called the Straits of Magellan. He lost 2 ships doing so. When he sailed across the Pacific Ocean, him and his crew ran out of food. Most of his crew starved to death. The rest survived by eating rats and leather. Magellan finally reached the Phillipines and claimed it for spain. At the end, he had a crew of 18 (out of the original 200) and one ship left. || Most cities during this time had a market square. This is where everybody sold food and clothing, its also the busiest and oldest place in the city. In most towns, the house on the corner was the best, it usually had a rear courtyard and a well. Courtyards had stables and storerooms opening to the street behind the house. The roads were very narrow and crowded. They were also very dirty and smelly because the people dumped there waste on the streets. Guilds also made and sold goods. || The Spanish Armada was a group of 130 large ships, equipped with short ranged cannons. Their strategy was to make a crescent shape and make their enemies move into the center of it. When they went to the middle, the Spanish Armada opened fire and destroyed the enemy ships. The Spanish attempted to do this to the English, but failed. The English had smaller, faster ships with longer ranged cannons. The English knew that they couldn't defeat the Spanish Armada face to face, so they set their ships on fire and sailed them into the fleet and broke them up. When they broke up, they were easier to destroy. That was the end of the Spanish Armada. ||
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