The Lusiads · Character
Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, explorer, referenced as a fellow Portuguese navigator.
minor
First appearance: canto vi
Magellan shows up with force in Endnotes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Noted in endnotes for his circumnavigation and explorations.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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See Magellan in canto vi