Today is Saturday, September 6, 2008. But you probably already knew that.
What you probably did not know, is what I'm about to tell you.
On this very day, 486 years ago, that is, in the year 1522, a Portuguese explorer named Ferdinand Magellan made history. Or his crew did, actually. On this very day, the Victoria, one of the surviving ships of his expedition, returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. With this, his expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Meaning that they were the first to sail all the way around the world.
Now that's awesome. What's not so awesome is that Magellan himself did not circumnavigate the globe. Part of his crew did. On his expedition, he died in the Phillipines. So he was, like, close...I guess. But nevertheless, it was his expedition, so he's credited with the "Circumnavigation Medal of Honor", or whatever, which is really only the best name for a medal. Since, like most people don't know what it means, you can basically make up your own heroic acts.
"Oh, this little medal here? It's my Circumnavigation Medal of Honor. Yeah, I, like, wrestled 23 bears to the ground with one hand, while single-handedly liberating 2,000 prisoners of war with the other. Yeah, it was actually no sweat, really."
So I hereby declare this post as a tribute to this explorer and his accomplishment.
And so, I give you, AROUND THE WORLD by Daft Punk:
Sincerely,
Mr. Circumnavigation Medal of Honor creator
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