Ferdinand Magellan
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Gui lle mar L d o n o an N w o r 1 8 0 . H , d n d e Y k , 9 F E R D I N A N D M A G E L L A N from their compatriots o f the coast ; but its i o f waves are rigid , mmovable , and their qualities the ignorant mountaineers seem to o ne partake . Indeed , may visit Saborosa t o -day and find there men and women un ’ changed from their ancestors o f Magellan s r time , fou hundred years Ferdinand Magellan was born a moun t ai ne er , and though he became a sailor (and through having become a sailor achieved the voyage which made his name immortal) he carried with him to sea the ch aract eri s o ne tics f o reared amid rugged surroundings . e His vi ws were elevated , his confidence in . lf I himse was supreme , his integrity unim p e achable ; yet was he bound by obstinacy as o f by hoops steel . His courage was daunt and less , his perseverance knew no limits , his belief in a fortunate star amounted to a superstition . ’ A t the time o f Ferdinand s birth and o f youth , his father ruled as the little lord dal o o r Saborosa , and was called a fi g , noble man . He was wont to boast that his fam ily belonged to “ the oldest in the king ” o n dom , and many a time cautioned his s t o never forget that he was a Magellan . no o f Ferdinand did not forget , and deed his T H E Y O U N G M O U N T A I N E E R e i n b smirched the family escutcheon , which , “ o f the language heraldry , was On a field che e k argent three bars y , gules and argent ; ” the crest an eagle , wings displayed . ” The eagle, it is true , looked more like a cormorant than any other bird; but there “ ” was no mistaking the three bars checky o n a silver shield , which signified that some distant progenitor had signally achieved o n something , pr bably i conflict with the al O t he M a al Moors .