Amaqiniso aqine kakhulu emcabangweni odumile ancike ochungechungeni lwemilando esemthethweni. Umlando ulolonga impilo yesizwe kanye nezinganekwane; konke kunamathiselwe ngaphansi kwesambulela somqondo wokushisekela izwe langaleso sikhathi. Futhi nokho sonke singasho ukuthi kuzoba nezinto eziyiqiniso kakhulu noma ezingaphansi. Ngoba i-epic yayihlale ibhalwa kusukela embonweni wabanqobi banoma iyiphi impi, noma ikhomba ubuqhawe obungaphezu kobuntu bezinkampani ezithathwe noma nini.
Ngokungangabazeki insimu evundile yezincwadi eziqanjiwe ukuze ibe ne-akhawunti enhle yezikhala, izinsolo nanoma yiziphi ezinye izinketho lapho kuzodwetshwa khona izimpikiswano ezintsha. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi asivamile ukuhlangana nokubuyekezwa okubucayi kwezinganekwane mayelana nokuzungeza komhlaba okuyinganekwane kokuqala. Manje, ngesandla sikaTony Gratacós, sekuyithuba lesabelo esinjalo ukuze wonke umuntu ajabule...
Lapho u-Diego de Soto eqeda izifundo zakhe zasenyuvesi eValladolid, udingwa ngomunye woprofesa bakhe, umbhali omkhulu wasebukhosini uPedro Mártir de Anglería, ukuba abe ngumfundi wakhe futhi enze isabelo sakhe sokuqala njengomsizi: U-Diego kumele ahambe aye eSeville ayolanda. idatha yohambo lwaphesheya futhi ngaleyo ndlela aqedele umlando wakhe.
Kodwa lolu hambo lumphathele okuningi kunalokho angakucabanga. Kuzombeka ethubeni lohambo lukaMagellan, othathwa njengembuka ngabaningi, futhi uzothola ukuthi bathini abambalwa ababuya kulolo hambo oluyingqophamlando olukwazile ukufika eziQhingini zaseMoluccas nokuzungeza umhlaba okokuqala ngqa, phakathi kwabo. iqhawe elisha u-Elcano, alihambisani nemibhalo esemthethweni. Lokhu kuvezwa kuzomenza angabaze konke okushiwo ngamaPutukezi kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Ngoba kuthiwani uma umlando uqamba amanga? Uhambo oluyingqayizivele olusifaka kwesinye sezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu neziheha kakhulu emlandweni waseSpain futhi olufihla imfihlo ethokozisayo ethathe iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu ukuvela.
