Was Magellan Worth Defending Essay Example

e was selfish. Although Magellan did not know that the jellied vitamin C called Quinn jelly prevented him from scurvy it is unlikely he would have willingly shared hi supply anyway (Doc D). Magellan was also cruel because he put his crew under the impression that he would kill them because of lack of food and supplies ( DOC

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Only cruel people can make others feel the way Magellan caused his crew t feel. Lastly, Magellan was cruel because he switched his mission from traveling to The Spice Islands to trade to torturing the Filipino people. It was cruel to the e Filipinos, his crew, his country, even himself. This evidence argues against defending Magellan because his selfish acts, awful personality and mechanism attic qualities prevented him from making the right decisions.