Ferdinand Magellan: First Circumnavigation of the World | Sleep Story

Sleepless History: Sleep Documentaries · Mar 18, 2026 · 1h 31m

Drift off to the complete history of Ferdinand Magellan's legendary circumnavigation — the most ambitious voyage in human history. Setting out from Spain in 1519 with five ships and 270 men, only one ship and 18 survivors returned three years later. Magellan himself never made it home.

Covered: Magellan's early career and the proposal to the Spanish crown, the fleet's departure in 1519, the crossing of the Atlantic, the discovery of the Strait of Magellan, the 98-day crossing of the Pacific, landfall in the Philippines, Magellan's death in the Battle of Mactan, the survivors' desperate return…