MAGELLAN'S EIGHT GREEKS THAT SAILED AROUND THE WORLD

 Ferdinand Magellan had eight Greek sailors in his crew when the great Portuguese explorer circumnavigated the Earth for the first time in history.

In a new book entitled " Greek Sailors in the First Circumnavigation of the Earth," author Pedro Olalla tells the story of the Greek seamen who joined Magellan on his ambitious journey.

It was about 500 years ago when the great explorer attempted his perilous expedition. In the only ship that managed to return 3 years later some of the survivors were Greeks.

Among them was the navigator who brought it back to port and documented his unprecedented route which was a great leap for human history. 

Spanish Hellenist author Pedro Ollala, born in 1966, is a professor, filmmaker, and photographer who has written several books on Greek modern and ancient history, culture, and archaeology.

His literary and audiovisual work was to study and promote Greek culture. They are distinguished for the strong personal idiom of the creator which is combined with literary, scientific and artistic elements.

He is also a Knight of  Civil Merit in Spain and an associate member of Greek Studies at Harvard University.  

In his current book, Ollala tells the unknown story of the Greek sailors who joined Magellan in the first circumnavigation of the earth.

The book also includes the text of the lecture that the Spanish Hellenist author delivered in Greek at the historic "Lodge of Spain" for the Knight of St John in Rhodes on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument in honor of the Greek sailors.

The Spanish embassy also published the log of the expedition, translated into 3 languages on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument,