Quotes About Leadership

Unwilling to commit the entire fleet to the river, he dispatched Santiago, the smallest ship

King Charles conferred the title of captain on both Magellan and Faleiro.

Magellan ordered a detail to draw and quarter Quesada's body.

Magellan, who left nothing to accident, had an assignment for Pigafetta; the young Italian diplomat

It was not that he lacked discipline, or the support of the men; the problem was that Espinosa, a soldier, was simply not qualified to command a ship.

Two of the most consequential figures of this era, Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth, knew the expedition's true purpose:

Such were the men on whom an immature king from a foreign culture, speaking a foreign tongue

crucial evolution of Magellan's style of leadership, and perhaps his character, occurred over a period of nine trying months

The Captain General subjected the two conspirators to a fresh court-martial.

depended to make decisions concerning affairs of state.

The Magellan of February teetered on the brink of being murdered by the men he commanded.

Magellan of October was on the

Magellan found himself in a difficult position. He could not bring himself to condemn a priest—even a disloyal priest—to death.

that King Manuel had refused to back the navigator, humiliating him over and over again.

Magellan brought a prominent personage with him: Ruy Faleiro, a mathematician, astronomer, and nautical scholar.

Estêvão Gomes, reassigned as the pilot of San Antonio, strongly dissented. Now that they had found

Officers ranked just above the sailors and specialists in the fleet's hierarchy.

Magellan led a fleet of five little ships and 258 sailors from a variety of nations

the boatswain, or contramaestre; the boatswain's mate; and the alguacil.

One by one, her crew of thirty-seven crawled to the end of the jib boom and jumped to a rocky beach.

And when Magellan

This was not a job designed to endear him to the other crew members, and the alguacil stood apart from the rest of the crew.

top of the pinnacle came the pilot, who plotted the ship's route; the master, who supervised the precious cargo;

and finally the captain. Each of the top three officers had his own page (as Captain General, Magellan