Introductory Note:
Who are the most important people of the last One Thousand years, i.e., from 1000 AD to 2000 AD? The phrase ‘important people’ are defined as ‘a person /s who changed the destiny of the world; defined the great stream of human history and altered our perceptions.
Let us remember them.
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The people of his times knew that the world is round. Ferdinand Magellan undertook an expedition across the Atlantic in 1519 to provide proof.
Magellan was a Portuguese captain sailed under the Spanish flag. He was a brave captain, survived mutiny, desertion, shipwreck and treacherous staff near South America’s tip. Facing starvation Magellan and his crew headed into the pacific. Magellan died in Philippines.
However, a small band of his men eventually reached home, the first to have sailed around the world. Magellan died at a very a young age of 41. But his contribution towards the science and trade is enormous.
Hence, he is my 7th man who changed the world.
About the Author
Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy is a seasoned internationally qualified Insurance professional. What you are reading here, may not answer all the questions we have, but has the absolute power of asking unsettling questions which increase the interest in the strange world, and show the contradictory wonders lying just below the surface of the commonest things of life. Look at this disturbing but beautiful thought of Friedrich Nietzsche “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him”.
Dr. Reddy can be reached at: raja66gopal@gmail.com
