Backed by significant investment, Ferdinand Magellans enterprise set sail on September 20, 1519. This venture was a high-stakes play for a new trade route to the valuable Spice Islands, leveraging the best maritime technology to secure a dominant market position. The goal was immense wealth and a historic opportunity for growth. The journey was a brutal lesson in the cost of discovery. Mutiny, disease, and starvation decimated the crew, a grim return on the initial finance. Yet through this hard

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