An open letter to Galileo from Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Eratosthenes: Enjoyed Alexandra Petri's March 28 op-ed column "An open letter from Galileo to Ted Cruz." For us ...

LISBON, Portugal — Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time. The Portuguese explorer was killed by ...