I don’t see the weekend tourists,
the sticky fingered children,
the sun soaked fishermen casting off the docks.
Instead, I think about Magellan and wonder
what inspired him to keep navigating
in that giant, infinite circle.
Infinity
I don’t see the weekend tourists,
the sticky fingered children,
the sun soaked fishermen casting off the docks.
Instead, I think about Magellan and wonder
what inspired him to keep navigating
in that giant, infinite circle.
spanishwoods 
Lovely! The answer to the question asked in the poem is simple. Greed and desire for a new route to the Spice Islands by Charles I the King of Spain. Great summary on Wili under “Circumnavigation” at this link: Takes maybe 5 minutes to read.
http://tinyurl.com/ppkhzkt
Ron
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That is probably quite true, I do believe that the desire for money and prestige must have been a motivator. Still, consider the immenseness of that journey. I just wonder if there were other passions being fulfilled or searching to be fulfilled. I will go to your link that you recommended…
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Nothing more expanding than the view of the sea and the sky. Wonderful!
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Thank you, I agree.
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Maybe just the desire for an adventure in this case 🙂
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Yes, could well have been.
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Well, to be honest i could certainly do with one 😀
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This was great.
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Thank you very much.
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Very nice.
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Thank you 🙂
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Very peaceful and beautiful picture!
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Thank you very much. It was taken in a little town called Northport on Long Island. Beautiful place.
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I believe that a more powerful motivation was at work, the obsession to know what’s beyond the line of the horizon, the irresistible urge to discover something even at risk of death. Thanks S.! 🙂
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There has to be some truth to that. Even for all the money and all the power, there has to be something else to drive such an expedition.
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I suspect the same thing that drove me to ride my bicycle 10,000 miles around North America: the desire to see new territory.:) –Curt
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Yes, it’s an ambition I know nothing about. But, I admire it deeply.
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Never too late. (grin)
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Wonderful! It is always wonderful to look beyond the obvious and mundane 🙂
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Yes, that is so true.
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