ReferenceforTeaching一、异域风情FirstSailRoundTheWorldEarlyinthe16thcenturymenweretryingtoreachAsiabytravellingwestfromEurope
InordertofindAsiatheyhadtofindawaypastSouthAmerica
ThemanwhoeventuallyfoundthewayfromtheAtlanticOceantothePacificwasFerdinandMagellan
MagellansailedfromSevilleinAugust1519withfiveshipsandabout280men
Fourteenmonthslater,afterspendingthecoldwinteronthecoastofPatagonia,hediscoveredthechannelwhichisnowcalledMagellanStrait(海峡)
InNovember1520,aftermanymonthsofdangersfromrocksandstorms,thethreeremainingshipsenteredtheoceanontheothersideofSouthAmerica
Theythencontinued,hopingtoreachAsia
ButtheydidnotseeanylanduntiltheyreachedtheislandsoffthecoastofAsia
Beforetheyarrivedatthoseislands,laterknownasthePhilippines,menweredyingofstarvation
WhiletheywerestayinginthePhilippines,Magellan