Five ships and 254 men left Spain; but only one ship and fifteen men returned to Spain by way of India and Cape of Good Hope.

Magellan himself was among the dead.[1] [Footnote 1: Magellan was killed by the natives of one of the Philippine Islands.

The captain of the ship which made the voyage was greatly honored.

The King of Spain ennobled him, and on his coat of arms was a globe representing the earth, and on it the motto "You first sailed round me."] %9.

Importance of Magellan's Voyage.%--Of all the voyages ever made by man this was the greatest.[2] In the first place, it proved beyond dispute that the earth is round.