Voyages of Discovery

BBC Four HD

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Saturday 27 June

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Paul Rose explores the truth behind the first circumnavigation of the world. More than 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan set out to find the riches of the Spice Islands, but contrary to popular perception, he failed to reach them. A dramatic sequence of events followed, involving mutiny and murder, as his scurvy-ridden crew continued the journey without him