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Charles Corn (1998) took exception to what he calls traditional historical accounts of Magellan’s unattained search for the unattained Spice Islands and specifically posits that Magellan was obsessed with Columbus’s western route and never made it to the islands due to the fact that he was pursuing other obsessions. While Corn quotes a few other historians, particularly Samuel Elliott Morrison and Leonardo Argansolo, he states that only the Spanish historians hold the view that Magellan ever visited the spice islands. Yet, a series of historical records maintained in Lisbon by Portugal historians have always held that Magellan never made it to the Spice Islands. 9 works cited. jvCrnMag.rtf
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Columbuss western route and never made it to the islands due to the fact that he was pursuing other obsessions. While Corn quotes a few other historians, particularly Samuel Elliott
Morrison and Leonardo Argansolo, he states that only the Spanish historians hold the view that Magellan ever visited the spice islands. Yet, a series of historical records maintained in Lisbon
by Portugal historians have always held that Magellan never made it to the Spice Islands. According to Charles Corn, Magellans number
one desire was to prove that it was possible to reach the Spice Islands by sailing westward, but this wasnt for the sole purpose of finding the Spice Islands or
laying a claim to them. According to Corn, it was Magellans method of living beyond his years to be remembered forever by history and mankind. By saying that Serrao was
not haunted by the spectre of obscurity, he is saying that Magellan was. Likewise, Corn is making sure this never happens. The real
issue is not whether Magellan made it to the Spice Islands, but to keep his memory alive. This is why in the middle of a treatise on how the spice
trade was the first world globalization effort, Corn insists on raising the question of Magellan. Other historians and commentators on Magellan do not share Corns inquiry. Like Patricia Seed, they
are happy to give Magellan credit for discovering the world trade route and the Straits of Magellan without worrying over whether Magellan ever set foot on them.
Analysis of the Historical Record of Magellans Voyages Seed states that Magellans sailing career started when he sailed
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