[reg45]

I thought El Niño's were caused by global warming which is caused by CO₂ which is caused by fossil fuels which are caused by oil companies which are caused by evil Republicans. There were Republicans in 1522? That's news to me.

[Sherman Logan]

Magellan claimed that he sailed far to the north of the Spice Islands due to concerns that the islands had no food ... Their paper notes that the Pacific region appears to have been experiencing an El Niño event in 1519 and 1520 – during the bulk of Magellan’s voyage – and that an El Niño is often associated with drought and accompanying famines in the area.

So Magellan not only knew that an El Niño was in progress, but that it also caused famine in the Spice Islands.

Two pretty unlikely bits of knowledge for him to have access to at the time.

[JRios1968]

Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 with hopes of claiming the wealth of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas, for the Spanish. Two years later the explorer claimed the first European contact with a Pacific island culture when he landed on Guam – 1,500 miles north of the Spice Islands. How did he make it that far" And how did he miss the Spice Islands by that much"

Simple...

BUSH'S FAULT!

[SunkenCiv]

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