El Niño May Have Been Factor In Magellan's Pacific Voyage
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 22:21
in Earth & Climate
Archaeologists show that Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions -- including what we now know as El Niño -- which eased his passage across the Pacific Ocean, but ultimately led him over a thousand miles from his intended destination.